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For release: 10/31/24 A time for choosing (again) By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Sixty years ago this week, Ronald Reagan delivered a speech in support of Barry Goldwater’s presidential bid. It was dubbed “A Time for Choosing.” Re-reading the speech, or watching it on YouTube, is a reminder how little has changed in six…

For release: 10/24/24 The marijuana campaign By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency    MIAMI – As in most presidential election years, ballot measures are usually overlooked or downplayed by the national media. One is in Florida where a proposal to legalize cannabis to be administered by the state is on the ballot. Marijuana has been made legal in 24…

For release: 10/22/24 Harris appeals for the anti-Catholic vote By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency A political rule of thumb is that candidates should never offend a large group of voters, especially close to an election. Harris ignored that rule, not once, but twice last week. First, she disrespected the annual Al Smith dinner in…

For release: 10/15/24 Obama to the rescue By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” – Joe Biden on “The Breakfast Club,”  2020  “We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our…

October 8, 2024Tribune Content AgencyCal ThomasVote buying is illegal in the United States. The law says: “Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his…

For release: 10/03/24 Lebanon then and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The year was 1982. I was in Israel when the IDF crossed the Northern border to root out terrorist sanctuaries in southern Lebanon. The government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin called it “Operation Peace for Galilee.” The deputy press secretary invited me…

For release: 10/01/24 VP Harris visits the ‘BINO’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit last Friday to a border region in Arizona takes political cynicism to a new low. It is like hoping to score political points by visiting the relative of someone who has been murdered by a man…

CAL THOMAS For release: 09/26/24 Virtue vs. utility By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Among the questions I am most often asked by people who don’t like the two presidential candidates: “How did we get to this point where I can’t enthusiastically vote for either one?” What may be a partial answer comes from an…

For release: 09/17/24 Socialized medicine: The consequences By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND – The new British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has commented on a report he commissioned that found the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is in a deplorable condition. The report’s findings echoed media investigations of the past which discovered…

For release: 09/24/24 Kamala Harris owes us some answers By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It’s been more than two months since Vice President Kamala Harris was deeded the Democratic presidential nomination. During that time, she has not held a news conference or sat with many mainstream journalists to answer serious questions about how she…