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Ireland makes its decision on abortion By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The scientific, moral and theological battle between life as an “endowed unalienable” right and the evolutionary view that we are just material and energy shaped by pure chance in a random universe with no author of life, no purpose for living and no…

Gambling on sports is a bad bet By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “I am shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here.” — Captain Renault, “Casablanca” Human nature being what it is it should come as no shock that the next level of approved gambling in America is sports betting. States…

The coarsening of political language By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency CANBERRA, Australia — Here in Australia, “Question Time” has long been one of my favorite exercises of parliamentary democracy. The prime minister and government ministers appear before other elected members in support of their policies, while the opposition asks pointed and sometimes funny questions…

The bitterness tour By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency MELBOURNE, Australia — When you hear “world tour” you usually think of superstars performing concerts in various cities for adoring fans. Not so with the presidentially deprived, entitlement-driven Hillary Clinton. Last week, Hillary Clinton came to Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, and to Sydney, its largest,…

The coarsening of political language By Cal ThomasTribune Content Agency CANBERRA, Australia — Here in Australia, “Question Time” has long been one of my favorite exercises of parliamentary democracy. The prime minister and government ministers appear before other elected members in support of their policies, while the opposition asks pointed and sometimes funny questions in…

One at a time By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Following the 2016 election, President Obama rightly warned the Trump transition team “we only have one president at a time.” It was a reminder that there can be just one person articulating American foreign policy so world leaders will have no doubt as to the United States’…

The vulgar goes mainstream By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency To be vulgar once earned societal disapproval, ostracism from polite company and — in my grandmother’s era — put a young person in danger of having his mouth washed out with soap. Today, vulgarities are now mainstream. People speaking in a way that “would make…

‘Crazy Bernie’ is at it again By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency There he goes again. Despite the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years, including declining rates for minorities, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), affectionately called “crazy Bernie” by some conservative talk show hosts, is again flirting with the idea that the federal government should guarantee every American…

Following Jesus, or following Trump? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” (Matthew 6:24) The verse refers to money, but in light of today’s debate about the unaccountable…

Is ‘Old-fashioned’ returning? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “It’s a modern changing world Everything is moving fast. But when it comes to love I like What they did in the past.” — The Everly Brothers, 1962 Call me old-fashioned — and I’ve been called worse — but do I sense the possible end to the…