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Trump and the Past

By Cal Thomas / November 13, 2022 / Comments Off on Trump and the Past

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/15/22 Toxic Trump must leave the stage By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “I don’t believe in living in the past. Living in the past is for cowards. If you live in the past, you die in the past.” Football legend Mike Ditka “The future is now.” – Football legend George…

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2022 Mid-Terms: What Happened?

By Cal Thomas / November 9, 2022 / Comments Off on 2022 Mid-Terms: What Happened?

A ‘sure thing’ election that wasn’t by Cal Thomas,For Release 11/09/2022 MIAMI – If Republicans could not score their “red wave” victories predicted by many pundits – and even some Democrats – in these midterm elections, what’s next for them? All the issues were on their side – inflation, high gas and food prices, an…

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Brazil and the U.S.

By Cal Thomas / November 7, 2022 / Comments Off on Brazil and the U.S.

What the Election in Brazil Can Teach America                                        by Cal Thomas       Brazil held a presidential election last Sunday. Here’s how The Wall Street Journal reported the result: “Brazilians elected Luiz ‘Lula’ da Silva to the presidency again on Sunday, ousting incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by less than two percent of the vote. Latin…

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Election Day 2022

By Cal Thomas / November 7, 2022 / Comments Off on Election Day 2022

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/08/22 What if/then what for GOP? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Assuming the polls are right – and history has shown that is sometimes a risky assumption – Republicans will take over the House of Representatives by a large margin following Tuesday‘s election and possibly even the Senate by enough seats…

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Brazil’s Election

By Cal Thomas / November 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Brazil’s Election

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/03/22 (NOTICE: For retransmission or other content delivery inquiries, please contact TCA Customer Service, 1-800-346-8798, tcacustomerservice@tronc.com.) What the election in Brazil can teach America By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Brazil held a presidential election last Sunday. Here’s how The Wall Street Journal reported the result: “Brazilians elected Luiz ‘Lula’ da…

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“Killer” is Dead

By Cal Thomas / October 29, 2022 / Comments Off on “Killer” is Dead

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/01/22 Last man no longer standing By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency He called himself “the last man standing,” a reference to the rock ‘n’ roll icons of which he was among the most notable. Jerry Lee Lewis died last week at age 87. He was the last in a line…

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Education Decline Continues

By Cal Thomas / October 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Education Decline Continues

CAL THOMAS For release: 10/27/22 Cheating the children By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency While President Biden is trying to win a court victory for his student debt forgiveness proposal, he should be focusing instead on the latest dreadful report by the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP). In what is called the nation’s report…

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Trump Doesn’t Get to Choose

By Cal Thomas / October 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Trump Doesn’t Get to Choose

CAL THOMAS For release: 10/25/22 Trump: You’re not a dictator By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Former President Donald Trump says any member of his administration who runs for president against him – should he decide to run again in 2024 – would be engaging in an act of disloyalty. Appearing on Fox Radio’s Brian…

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The “Border”

By Cal Thomas / October 21, 2022 / Comments Off on The “Border”

Biden’s cynical new border policy By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency San Antonio, Texas – After refusing to do anything substantive about stopping the flood of migrants entering the country illegally, President Biden has acted, sort of. Only a cynic would say his order to deport certain Venezuelans, but not migrants from 40 other nations,…

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JUSTICE DENIED

By Cal Thomas / October 21, 2022 / Comments Off on JUSTICE DENIED

For release: 10/18/22 Justice denied in Parkland killings By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If anyone ever was a better candidate for the death penalty it is Nikolas Cruz. Four years ago the then-20-year-old shot and killed 17 people, most of them students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Cruz pleaded guilty…

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