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For release: 11/13/25 The biased broadcasting corporation By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Two friends email from London about the editing scandal that led to the resignation of two top officials from the British Broadcasting Corporation. The resignations followed exposure of the splicing together of two parts of a speech by President Donald Trump on…
For release: 11/11/25 Time for a second American Revolution By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Had enough of the consequences reverberating from the record government “shutdown”? Ready to do something about it? This is an ideal time to recall a slogan from the ’60s: “Power to the people.” We need a second American revolution,…
For release: 11/11/25 Time for a second American Revolution By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Had enough of the consequences reverberating from the record government “shutdown”? Ready to do something about it? This is an ideal time to recall a slogan from the ’60s: “Power to the people.” We need a second American revolution,…
For release: 11/06/25 The hunger games By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency There are an estimated 42 million people receiving food aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. The figure represents 12.3 percent of the U.S. population, according to the USDA. In the richest nation on Earth that is…
CAL THOMAS For release: 11/04/25 Time for the Right to clean house By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Conservatives – true conservatives, as in the Ronald Reagan brand – have a problem. The movement has been invaded by the “alt-right” (or alternative right), a brand that is not conservative, but rather slogs through the mud…
For release: 10/30/25 Please, turn off the lights By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The phrase about turning off the lights when one leaves someplace appears to have originated with two real estate agents in Seattle. It was 1971 and Boeing was laying off employees during an economic downturn. It was meant to be…
For release: 10/28/25 A bad bet By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In 2018, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down a federal law banning sports gambling, thus allowing individual states to decide whether to allow it, or not. It didn’t take a genius to predict what might happen, especially when politicians can…
For Release October 21, 2025 No Kings? No clue… By Cal Thomas What do you do when voters have rejected your party’s policies and the losers have nothing new to offer? Answer: You stage large demonstrations that include name calling (this from Democrats who have called for “lowering” the rhetorical temperature). Anyone who believes last…
By Cal Thomas After Gaza: What’s next? In his address to Israel’s Knesset following the release of 20 living hostages by Hamas, President Donald Trump said several things that reflect wishful thinking. Among them: “The forces of chaos that have plagued the region are totally defeated.” “The enemies of all civilization are in retreat.” And…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 20, 2025 WORLDVIEW IS EVERYTHING. HOW ONE LOOKS AT THIS FALLEN WORLD, OR EVEN IF ONE THINKS IT ISN’T FALLEN, INFLUENCES WHAT WE THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. ANTHONY KENNEDY IS A RETIRED SUPREME COURT JUDGE. KENNEDY WROTE THE MAJORITY OPINION FOR THE CASE THAT ALLOWS SAME-SEX MARRIAHE. HE…