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Willis vs. Wade vs. euphemisms By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency          During questioning of Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor Nathan Wade about his “relationship” with District Attorney Fani Willis there was a moment that cut through all the euphemisms we have become accustomed to when it comes to human behavior.        Scott Sadow, an attorney…

For release: 02/14/24 Gospel on PBS lifts spirits By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             If you are tired of TV shows like “The Bachelor” where women demean themselves by competing for the “love” of a man; if you are sick of all the shootings and explosions on TV, the canned laughter on sitcoms that…

For release: 02/13/24 The unmaking of a president By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                     Beginning with the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960 and through the re-election of Richard Nixon in 1972, political journalist and biographer Theodore H. White wrote books called “The Making of a President.” Were he alive today he might…

For release: 02/08/24 Limiting lawbreakers is still lawbreaking By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                                                         The satirical Babylon Bee mocks the Senate immigration bill: “New Senate Anti-Murder Bill Caps Murders At 5,000 Per Day.” The point is that even if the bill passes both chambers and is signed by the president, which at the moment…

For release: 02/06/24 Let us pray By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                     The number of President Biden’s gaffes and flip-flops on issues would fill a book, but he combined several categories of verbal meanderings at last week’s National Prayer Breakfast.             The gathering took place in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. Biden pronounced it…

CAL THOMAS For release: 01/30/24 Biden’s bad deal By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                     President Biden offered a deal on the border to congressional Republicans that they could refuse. To their credit, they did. The president, speaking from South Carolina, said he would shut down the border “right now,” if Congress passed the proposed…

CAL THOMAS For release: 01/25/24 Supreme Court allows the invasion to continue By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                     By a vote of 5-4, with two conservative justices joining the liberals, the Supreme Court has ruled that federal agents can cut razor wire installed along the Texas-Mexico border while a lawsuit over the wire continues. …

CAL THOMAS For release: 01/23/24 Democrats and abortion: Bring it on By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         With the economy, the border and foreign policy not working for them in this election cycle, Democrats are counting on the abortion issue to save their hides in November.       Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has announced a…

For release: 01/18/24 Is it over? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                     Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox News Tuesday night as Iowa voters caucused and delivered a decisive victory for Donald Trump in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination and a second term as president. Gingrich joyfully…

CAL THOMAS For release: 01/09/24 The evil of two lessers By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency          Some voters in recent elections have complained about being forced to choose between “the lesser of two evils.” In the 2024 election it appears we are heading for a worse choice – the evil of two lessers.       …