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Susan Collins’ finest hour By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In a speech announcing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) reminded me of some of the great orators of the past. Her speech was measured in tone, substantive in content and delivered with conviction. Collins is no conservative. She…

A victory on trade By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In baseball, when a team trades a player to another team each side expects a benefit in return. Not so in recent years when it comes to trade agreements between the U.S. and other countries. President Trump has been right in his criticism of NAFTA…

Delay, deceive and destroy By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Who believes another FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh will be the end of it? If the FBI finds nothing to support Christine Blasey Ford’s testimonythat Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party, will it be enough for Democrats to vote to confirm him? Republicans…

The Kavanaughs speak By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency At times Brett and Ashley Kavanaugh sounded rehearsed and overly cautious in their “exclusive” interview with Fox Newshost Martha McCallum Monday night. Brett Kavanaugh repeated verbatim lines about defending his character and allowing the “process” to play out. He said he would not withdraw in the face…

Time to end the judiciary circus By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus announced last year it was closing after a 146-yearrun, largely because of high operating costs, costly legal battles with animal rights groups and declining ticket sales, especially after elephants were retired from the show. Brett Kavanaugh’s…

Democrats’ delay tactics By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency You have to hand it to the Democrats. They know how to use the media and the political process to gum up the works when it is to their advantage. Following the last-minute surfacing of Christine Blasey Ford, who claims she was sexually assaulted by Brett…

The left is running on empty By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The woman who alleged in a confidential letter that as a high school student in Maryland in the ’80s Brett Kavanaugh “pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting…

The left is running on empty By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The woman who alleged in a confidential letter that as a high school student in Maryland in the ’80s Brett Kavanaugh “pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting…

A history lesson By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency They don’t teach history, at least American history, like they did when I attended public school. That’s why the recent hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to become an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court served as a teachable moment. Repeatedly, Kavanaugh referenced the Federalist…

Obama goes on attack, but arguments fall flat against Trump successes By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency He’s back! President Obama has emerged from his supposed cloistered life to attack President Trump. Obama broke with a tradition apparently only modern Republican ex-presidents follow, which is not to speak ill of your successor. Obama, who reportedly…