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CAL THOMAS For release: 12/20/18 Tough on criminal justice reform By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Republicans and conservatives dating back at least to Richard Nixon have used the slogan “tough on crime” and its corollary “lock ‘em up and throw away the key” as electoral red meat. The problem is what to do when…
The fury of the establishment By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but scorning the Washington Establishment produces even greater anger. The Establishment’s full fury has been unleashed against Donald Trump and is not about to subside until its goal is reached: the removal of the president…
Mean-spirited media do 180 on Bush By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Before George H.W. Bush fades from memory into the darkness of history books, one more point needs to be made. It is about the contrast between how most of the major media treated him when he was president and how they mostly (but…
A powerful lesson as we remember President Bush By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The scene at the U.S. Capitol on Monday as former President George H.W. Bush lay in state presented a tableau and a lesson for those who seek earthly power and believe it can change things. As the TV cameras panned the…
George H.W. Bush: Man of character By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I first met the man who would become America’s 41st president in 1968. He was a Houston congressman and I was a young reporter for a local TV and radio station. My first impression was how kind he was to this “kid,” who…
Apocalypse when? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Each time an end-of-the-world prophecy is delivered — whether by a self-deluded preacher, a group of politicians or scientists — we are told that we must believe. Never mind how many of their prophecies have been wrong in the past, this time they mean it. The latest…
Trump vs. Roberts By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Chief Justice John Roberts has been drawn into President Trump’s web. Last week the president criticized the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco, calling it “a lawless disgrace.” The New York Timeswrites, “Mr. Trump’s remarks came after a federal trial judge…
Wayne Stayskal: Cartoonist extraordinaire By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Google “Great American Political Cartoonists” and you will undoubtedly find the late Herbert Block (aka “Herblock”) of The WashingtonPost, (Paul) Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, Michael Ramirez of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and several other cartoonists whose work, if not their names, are familiar…
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What’s wrong with Florida elections? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency MIAMI — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had the best line when it comes to the latest Florida election in which contests for governor and the U.S. Senate are still undecided. Rubio tweeted: “Bay County was hit by a Cat 4 Hurricane just 4 weeks ago,…