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For release: 04/10/25 That was then, this is now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them … well, I have others.” – Groucho Marx Guess who said this: “China takes total advantage of the United States. They steal our intellectual property using cyber theft. Not only…
For release: 04/08/25 Today’s boogeyman is Elon Musk By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As a child I frequently visited relatives in southern Indiana. A great uncle tried to keep me from exploring his cellar (as they were called then) by telling me the boogeyman was down there and would “ get you” if I…
For release: 03/27/25 Why are top universities getting federal money? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Columbia University at first appeared to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop coddling anti-Semitic and anti-Israel demonstrators. The school announced it was buckling, not on principle, but because it wants the $400 million…
For release: 03/25/25 Education then and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency How did I, my parents, grandparents and ancestors going back to the founding of the nation manage to get a decent education before the federal Department of Education (DOE) was created by Jimmy Carter and a Democratic Congress? Quite well, thank you.…
CAL THOMAS For release: 03/20/25 Due process for all, or none By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump is using an 18th-century law – the Alien Enemies Act – to justify the deportation of hundreds of people he says are members of a vicious Venezuelan gang. That law was last used during World War…
For release: 03/18/25 Putin on the blitz By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The cliché has been that the ball is now in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s court. Not any longer. Putin has responded to U.S. appeals for a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine with a strong backhand, rejecting a ceasefire in his unprovoked…
For release: 03/13/25 The economy: We’ve been here before By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When I began investing in balanced mutual funds in 1983, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 1,190. Last Monday, despite the drop of more than 1,000 points, the DJI closed at 41,911. It’s the difference between looking at short-term…
For release: 03/11/25 Reparations are a bad idea By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved people who can demonstrate how slavery and Jim Crow laws have…
FOR RELEASE MARCH 5,2025
RELEASAE MARCH 2,2025 A Warning for President Trump by Cal Thomas “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” – Henry Kissinger President Trump is on a roll, claiming victory after victory against the “swamp.” Some of his decisions are being challenged in court, but others like closing the border and deporting criminal migrants…