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CAL THOMAS For release: 04/20/21 (NOTICE: For retransmission or other content delivery inquiries, please contact TCA Customer Service, 1-800-346-8798, [email protected].) Another mass shooting By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The first question most people ask after mass shootings like the one last week at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis in which a 19-year-old male murdered…

CAL THOMAS For release: 04/15/21 (NOTICE: For retransmission or other content delivery inquiries, please contact TCA Customer Service, 1-800-346-8798, [email protected].) Will there be a penalty for withdrawal from Afghanistan? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Biden’s announced intention to complete the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by September 11, exactly 20 years…

I’m a capitalist, Mr. President, but you’re not By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Back in the day when “Saturday Night Live” was funny, Chevy Chase would open the “Weekend Update” segment by saying, “I’m Chevy Chase … and you’re not.” That line came to mind over President Biden’s massive tax-and-spend proposals, which are unlike…

Take me out of the ballgame By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When the NFL decided not to punish players who kneeled during the pre-game national anthem, some fans reacted by refusing to attend games, buy league merchandise, or watch games on TV. It took several years for the NFL to win fans back and…

The George Floyd narrative By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It is difficult to change a narrative once it has been established in the public’s mind. A narrative was firmly fixed by the media, activists, and rioters prior to the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, which opened Monday. Chauvin is charged with murdering…

The George Floyd narrative By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It is difficult to change a narrative once it has been established in the public’s mind. A narrative was firmly fixed by the media, activists, and rioters prior to the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, which opened Monday. Chauvin is charged with murdering…

Jim Crow and the Georgia voting law By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency At his news conference last Thursday, President Biden said of Georgia’s new voting law, “It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.” Jim Crow was not a person, but unlike most former presidents, he has a museum: The Jim Crow Museum of…

‘Baghdad Bob’ rides again By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When I heard Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas say last Sunday on “Meet the Press” that the southern border “is closed,” it immediately brought to mind claims by Iraq’s former information minister — dubbed “Baghdad Bob” and “Comical Ali” (aka Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf) — about…

West Virginia: Another tax-free heaven? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency West Virginia is unique among America’s 50 states. At a convention in Wheeling, Virginia, in 1861, delegates from Virginia’s northwest counties, which were loyal to the Union, voted to break away from that state over the issue of slavery and their refusal to be…

Now come the taxes By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The front-page headline in Monday’s Wall Street Journal said: “Biden weighs how to pay for Agenda.” Who purchases something they know they can’t afford, and then worries about paying for it later? Only government. After less than two months in office, President Biden and a…