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CAL THOMAS For release: 06/13/24 The Second Coming of the late ’70s? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         The 1970s are remembered for many things: the end of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency, American hostages held for 444 days by Iran and disco (ugh). In 1978, Pope John Paul II became…

For release: 06/06/24 Biden border order: Too little, too late, too political By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                                                                     For more than three years President Biden and his Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have told the country they do not have the power to stop the flow of migrants entering the country unlawfully unless Congress passes…

For release: 06/04/24 Politicized justice By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg reached back to the 1930s to credit Republican Thomas Dewey for “usher(ing) in the era of the modern, independent, professional prosecutor” in Bragg’s defense of his role in the conviction of former president Donald Trump, perhaps Bragg should…

CAL THOMAS For release: 05/30/24 A new depth of cynicism By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency    Despite what some Iranian leaders say to the gullible West, denying their intention to build nuclear weapons, Tehran’s pursuit of weapons-grade fissile material and the development of ballistic missiles to potentially deliver a nuclear warhead continues unimpeded. Though it…

For release: 05/28/24 What the ‘New Nixon’ could teach Donald Trump By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Fifty-six years ago in August 1968, Richard Nixon achieved what The New York Times called “the greatest reversal of fortune in American political history.” Times columnist James Reston went further, calling it “the greatest comeback since Lazarus.” This…

For release: 05/23/24 President Biden’s disappointing Morehouse speech By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         The academic year is coming to an end, thankfully. It has been characterized by some of the worst antisemitism since the Nazi regime and demonstrations by campus (and non-campus) radicals, many of whom appear to have been indoctrinated by professors whose…

CAL THOMAS For release: 05/21/24 Two contrasting congressional days By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last Friday in Washington there was evidence of why only 16 percent of the public approve of the job Congress is doing, according to a Gallup poll. During a House Oversight Committee hearing on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick…

For release: 05/16/24 Warren Buffet is wrong on taxes By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         Many people have made money by following the advice of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. His recommendations about which stocks to buy, which to sell and where to invest (or not) have earned him the “Oracle of Omaha” title. I…

For release: 05/14/24 Trump outdoes himself with crude language By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         If you are the parent of young children, are you OK with your kids hearing former President Donald Trump’s language and putdowns, like the ones at his rally last Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey? One can hear a kid justifying…

For release: 05/09/24 Bibi ignores Biden By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency What do you think President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response might have been if another nation had called on him to stop U.S. and Allied forces from taking Berlin and squashing the Nazi regime in 1945? Same question about President Harry Truman when it…