Columns
For release: 07/03/25 Let the countdown begin By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Those annoying countdown clocks the cable TV networks use to let us know how much time remains before a presidential address or something else regarded as worthy of our attention might be useful as America begins the countdown to the 250th…
For release: 07/01/25 What happened to Ukraine coverage? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last weekend, the Wall Street Journal did a rare story on the Ukraine war, though it was buried on page A 10, after a front-page teaser. That has been the pattern until Russia launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine on Sunday which attracted some…
CAL THOMAS For release: 06/26/25 Make America clean again By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency SAN FRANCISCO, California — Following trips to different countries over many years I have longed to return home and hear these words from an immigration office: “Welcome back to the United States.” Something felt different this time. After…
For release: 06/24/25 Trump did the right thing By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In ordering the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump did the right thing, for the right reason, and at the right time. As usual, some in the major media got it wrong. The New York Times initially headlined:…
CAL THOMAS For release: 06/10/25 Escape and return By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency CAM RANH, Vietnam – The story sounds like a “Mission Impossible” script. Fifty years ago, near the end of the Vietnam war as North Vietnamese troops headed south, the director of the Cam Ranh Christian Orphanage, Pastor Nguyen Xuan Ha – known to…
For release: 06/12/25 What did losing the war mean? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency NHA TRANG, Vietnam – Rod Kjersten has returned to Vietnam for the first time since he was a nurse in the U.S. Air Force hospital in Cam Ranh Bay. Now 77, he recalls the precise date when he left –…
For release: 06/17/25 Hit ’em hard and again By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency After Israel took out at least two of Iran’s top scientists behind the development of nuclear weapons (and promised to kill more), my high school fight song came to mind. At football games after a touchdown we sang, “Hit ‘em hard…
For release: 06/19/25 Handicapping the LA protests By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It would be amusing if it weren’t so serious. Last weekend’s expressions of supposed free speech were almost universally called demonstrations by the media and “mostly peaceful” by some. In contrast, the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol was labeled…
For release: 06/03/25 The one, big, ugly bill By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency After many years living in and covering Washington, there is one overriding principle I have learned: If you don’t trust politicians you will never be disappointed. President Trump and the House Republican leadership promised that what Trump called “the one, big,…
For release: 05/29/25 Watch your language By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The beginning of summer offers a columnist the opportunity to address subjects he might avoid the rest of the year because of his focus on domestic and foreign issues. Inattention to proper English seems to be a subject that few are bothering to…