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It’s war: Are we in it to win it? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Prior to Iran’s missile attacks on U.S. bases inside Iraq, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said, “We are not seeking war with Iran, but we are prepared to finish one.” Esper said the U.S. prefers a “diplomatic” solution to the escalation of…

Add Iran’s leadership to ash heap of history By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is an objective President Trump might pursue against the mullahs in Iran, who are subsidizing…

Add Iran’s leadership to ash heap of history By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is an objective President Trump might pursue against the mullahs in Iran, who are subsidizing…

Add Iran’s leadership to ash heap of history By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is an objective President Trump might pursue against the mullahs in Iran, who are subsidizing…

As we move into new decade, at look at life 100 years ago By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It can be useful and instructive to observe the turning of a decade by looking back on what life was like in America a mere 100 years ago. On Jan. 2, 1920, the Dow Jones Industrial…

By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Apologies to Elton John, but in Washington and throughout so much of the country, can you feel the hate tonight? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked by reporter James Rosen if she hates President Trump. She responded with an “if looks could kill” fire in her eyes and denounced…

Signs of the times By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It took a few days, but the New York Timesfinally got around to apologizing for publishing in its international edition a grossly anti-Semitic cartoon depicting a blind President Trump wearing a yarmulke and being led by a dog resembling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The dog…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 21, 2019          PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DECISION TO CANCEL A TRIP BY CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS TO AFGHANISTAN, BRUSSELS AND EGYPT IS BEING PORTRAYED IN SOME QUARTERS AS PAYBACK FOLLOWING SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI’S CALL ON THE PRESIDENT TO DELAY HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH.          I PREFER TO CALL IT PUSHBACK. FOR YEARS, DECADES, REPUBLICAN…

A history lesson By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency They don’t teach history, at least American history, like they did when I attended public school. That’s why the recent hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to become an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court served as a teachable moment. Repeatedly, Kavanaugh referenced the Federalist…

What’s not to like about Trump policies? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup. The…