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For release: 12/30/25 Wrong predictions? Never mind By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency End of the year predictions about the future have been around at least since the days of Nostradamus, but what about past predictions? There were plenty of predictions that electing Donald Trump the first time and then re-electing him, would cause economic…

For release: 12/25/25 Christmas, then and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Perhaps some of the worst people to explain the real meaning of Christmas are those who claim to believe in its central message, but have trouble communicating it. Like the secularists, they try to define it on their own terms rather than…

For release: 12/23/25   The Trump-Kennedy Center By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last Friday evening I attended the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with my wife and two friends to listen to a wonderful performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” The Kennedy Center has been among the few places in Washington (sports arenas…

For release: 12/16/25 The (non-Christmas) lists By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency ‘Tis the season. No, not that season. It’s the season for end-of-year lists. Time magazine, which, like so much in print journalism has suffered from a loss of readers, has published its annual list called the “most influential people of 2025.” The list…

For release: 12/09/25 Is the economy about to turn in Trump’s favor? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump got what might be considered some good news last week, though most of the major American media ignored it. According to a UK Daily Mail/J.L. Partners survey, the president’s approval rating increased from 45 percent…

For release: 12/04/25   Two conservative giants deserve more praise By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency While only a small number of us live to be 100, everyone ‘s birthday has a centenary date. For historians who seem mostly to be of the liberal persuasion and obituary writers (ditto) the way the 100th anniversary of…

For release: 12/02/25 A ‘permanent pause’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington the day before Thanksgiving, President Trump announced he  wants to “permanently pause migration” at least until he is satisfied that those from Afghanistan and other unstable countries have had their backgrounds thoroughly investigated.…

For release: 11/27/25 Thankful to whom and for what? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Among my growing list of improper uses of the English language is the response I get when telling a restaurant server or anyone else “thank you.” The usual response has been for as long as I remember, “you’re welcome.” For…

For release: 11/25/25 We lose, they win By Cal Thomas   In 1988, when President Ronald Reagan was asked by a reporter during the summit in Moscow what his goal was in the Cold War, he said: “we win, they lose.” When it comes to today’s Russia and its unprovoked war with Ukraine, President Trump’s…

For release: 11/18/25   Republicans are failing to communicate By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke,” the “Captain” says to Luke (Paul Newman) “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” The same could be said of the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. While they have much…