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Testing, testing By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Biden has attempted to tamp down the frustration many feel over his inability to crush the pandemic, as he promised he would do when campaigning for the office he now holds. In a Tuesday afternoon address from the White House, the president promised to ramp up…

Building the wall back better By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency During a debate with George H.W. Bush in New Hampshire in 1980, the moderator asked that Ronald Reagan’s microphone be “turned off for the moment.” Reagan was angry and said something that might be applied to the failure of the Biden administration to use…

No peace or goodwill By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Peace on Earth and goodwill to men this time of year seems increasingly absent in diverse places. In America the noble objective seems to have long ago left the U.S. Capitol where too many Members of Congress are as divided and angry at each other…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 16, 2021                   HERE’S A SURPRISE. THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER SAYS RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IN AMERICA HAS CONTINUED TO FALL DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS WHO IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIANS NOW STANDS AT 63 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 65 PERCENT IN 2019 AND FROM 78 PERCENT IN 2007. MEANWHILE, 29 PERCENT OF…

Restraint and the tornado tragedy By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Some politicians and government officials can’t let a crisis go to waste. In the matter of the tornadoes that devastated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, restraint was called for, but went unanswered. Asked about the cause of such devastation, President Biden…

Medals for jumping to conclusions about Jussie Smollett By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If Love means never having to say you’re sorry (it doesn’t), then being a member of the media means never having to admit you were wrong (it does). I wouldn’t write about the Jussie Smollett case and his conviction for lying…

Putin knows Biden is weak By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Biden’s virtual meeting Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin might be thought of as a final check-up before Russian troops invade Ukraine. Biden has displayed nothing but weakness since taking office. Even his threats of “consequences” sound weak. The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr…

Signs weren’t missed, they were ignored in Oxford High School shooting  PrintBy Cal Thomas– – Monday, December 6, 2021 OPINION: As has been the case with so many other school shootings over several years, last week’s murder spree at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit might have been avoided if actions had been taken in the face of…

Isn’t it rich? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The death of composer Stephen Sondheim at 91 is more than the end of an era. It is the end of a chain of great Broadway musicals dating back to the 1920s when Jerome Kern’s “Showboat” first dazzled theater audiences. I met him only once. It…

Thanks for giving By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency For some, this Thanksgiving – like last year — is a more difficult occasion than previous ones. Perhaps a loved one has died from COVID-19, or you feel isolated from relatives and friends due to lockdowns, quarantines, travel restrictions, vaccinations (or not), masks and “distancing” and…