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Who’s ‘divisive’? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency          As near as I can tell it began in 1995, when Republicans won control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years and captured a Senate majority.          By “it” I mean the accusation that Republicans and especially conservatives (not always the…

Will lightning strike twice? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency A myth says lightning never strikes twice in the same place. President Donald Trump appears to believe it can when it comes to replicating his narrow victory in 2016.          What is not a myth is that you can’t reproduce experiences, such as a sports…

Unpredictable John Roberts By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In providing the crucial fifth vote to strike down a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals, Chief Justice John Roberts has re-enforced a longstanding theme: there is no guarantee a judge nominated by a Republican president will decide cases…

DC is already a ‘state’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In the latest of many cynical and highly political moves, the House of Representatives last week passed a measure that would transform the District of Columbia and make it the 51st state. “DC,” as it is often abbreviated by locals, is already a “state.”…

Toxic in Tulsa By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump’s speech Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a toxic stream of consciousness that ignored a great opportunity to speak words of healing and unity to a divided nation. His remarks, which lasted nearly two hours, were full of self-justifications and salted with crude language.…

CAL THOMAS For release: 06/18/20 (NOTICE: For retransmission or other content delivery inquiries, please contact TCA Customer Service, 1-800-346-8798, [email protected].) An opportunity for Trump in Tulsa By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump on Tuesday unveiled a plan to make reforms in police departments and acknowledged for the first time the existence of “systemic…

June 16, 2020 The shame is ours By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It is a gift, as Robert Burns wrote, to see ourselves as others see us. One of those “others” is Caroline Glick, who writes on her webpage from Israel: “Americans are now expected to kneel for the Star Spangled Banner and disavow…

Next time call a ‘pig’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The Minneapolis City Council has passed a measure to dismantle the city’s police department and replace it with what Council President Lisa Bender calls “a transformative new model of public safety.” This is supposed to better protect people in the aftermath of the murder…

A contract with black America By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency On October 26, 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to a mostly African American audience in Charlotte, North Carolina. He said: “Every African-American citizen in this country is entitled to a government that puts their jobs, wages and security first…I will not let you…

CAL THOMAS For release: 06/04/20 An unusual conversation By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Which of the following would you consider the most unusual and least likely to occur? 1) President Trump calls Speaker Nancy Pelosi to invite her to lunch. 2) Rioters and looters agree to pay for the damage they caused to businesses…