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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…

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…

CAL THOMAS For release: 05/02/24 Demeaning, diminishing, destroying By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency    If history proves anything it shows if civil rights, human rights, equality and even the right to live are to be denied to a class of people, they must first be stripped of their inherent value as human beings. In the…

For release: 04/30/24 Lessons from other campus protests By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         The year was 1966 and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” and other college campuses throughout the state that were experiencing protests and strikes over…