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The source of Republican problems By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In a new book about her grandfather, Dwight D, Eisenhower, titled “How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions,” Susan Eisenhower writes admiringly about Ike’s pursuit of what she calls “the middle way.” In a decision that still infects elements of the Republican…
The Israeli-UAE agreement By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Anything that reduces tensions in the Middle East and contributes to Israel’s security should be applauded. The agreement between the UAE and Israel to establish diplomatic relations in exchange for Israel’s suspension of settlements and claims to sovereignty over Judea and Samaria (as Israel refers to…
Cal Thomas: Trump is right about mail-in ballots By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I begin with a personal story to make a greater point. Two weeks ago, I mailed an 8-by-10-inch envelope from a Miami post office to an address in New York State. The postage was correct, as was the address and ZIP…
Trouble with Biden’s VP choices By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden appears to have painted himself into a corner with his promise to select a woman — and apparently from the candidates on his short list, an African-American women — to be his running mate. While it is just the…
John Lewis funeral was a political event By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Traditionally, funerals are supposed to serve at least three purposes: honor the life of the deceased, comfort those who mourn his passing and preach a message about eternity and the brevity of life. Tradition was discarded during John Lewis’ funeral last week…
By any other name By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Politicians and various social justice groups have long used labels that have nothing to do with the real intent of legislation, or an organization, to dupe the public. But, to paraphrase Shakespeare, a rose by any other name is still a rose. Numerous “civil rights”…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 27, 2020 TWO MEN WHO ARE BROTHERS AND THEIR GIRLFRIENDS WERE ARRESTED LAST WEEK AND CHARGED WITH ORCHESTRATING THE MURDER OF THREE FRIENDS ON A FISHING TRIP IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS OUT ON BOND. DEPUTIES SAID HE HAS 230 FELONY CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND 15 CONVICTIONS…
They’re coming for our guns (really) By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency For years conservative groups and especially the National Rifle Association have been warning that the government would find a way to confiscate the guns of law-abiding Americans. Many dismissed what they regarded as a scare tactic designed to raise money. What is happening…
Roger Stone’s ‘cornerstone’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his longtime friend and political adviser Roger Stone just days before Stone was to begin a 40-month prison sentence – he and the president say he was falsely accused — reminded me of another man who was…
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…