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For release: 08/12/25 Back to safer schools? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        As President Trump prepares to head to Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop the killing” in Russia and Ukraine, what is being done to stop school shootings in America as millions of children begin returning to their…

For release: 08/07/25 Sydney Sweeney joins the woke brokers By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             Some fads end slowly, taking up to a generation to disappear. Others are like lightning, bursting on the scene unexpectedly, destroying all in its path.             This is what has happened in the Sydney Sweeney storm.  An ad for…

For release: 08/05/25 Why fixate on 2028? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency August is usually downtime in Washington. Congress is in recess, the heat and humidity contribute to the desire to escape town for cooler weather, the president is normally somewhere else and cable news is focused on shark attacks. Not this August. Cable news, especially,…

by Cal Thomas for release July 31, 2025 In the Middle East, war is conducted not only with bullets and missiles, but also with pictures. The latest are pictures of allegedly starving children in Gaza distributed by Hamas and its enablers with the intention of blaming Israel for delaying, even denying entry of food trucks…

CAL THOMAS For release: 07/24/25 What standard? What scandal? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Following the resignation of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron after he was caught on a jumbotron at a Coldplay concert in Boston cuddling with Human Resources chief Kristin Cabot (who is not his wife), the company issued the following statement: “Our leaders…

For release: 07/29/25 Hey, Democrats, autopsies are for the dead! By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             It’s being described by the media as an “autopsy,” an examination by Democrats as to why they lost the last presidential election and a congressional majority. According to The New York Times, the autopsy will not include Joe…

For release: 07/22/25 Late-night TV: Not like it used to be By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” has been canceled by CBS, effective next May. Critics of the decision are claiming politics is the reason. They are right, except the show has been too political. During its 10-year run it…

For release: 07/17/25 Bibi tells the truth By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             During his visit to Washington last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed for an hour by Fox News and radio host Mark Levin. The interview was a rebuke to the pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel slant so many in the media…

For release: 07/15/25 Veritas gets a reboot By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             It took threats to cut off its federal funding following anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations for Harvard University to consider again pursuing what used to be the foundation of its motto “Veritas,” or truth.             The Wall Street Journal reports that…

For release: 07/10/25 Politics in the pulpit By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             The Internal Revenue Service announced on Monday it is overturning a restraint on churches and other houses of worship that was supposed to keep them from endorsing candidates for political office.             The root of the ban extends back to 1954. Then-Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) was…