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Democrats’ Twilight Zone By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency A 1961 “Twilight Zone” episode starred Peter Falk as a Central American revolutionary whose paranoia eventually leads to his destruction. The dictator he has deposed tells him about a mirror given to him by “an old woman,” a mirror that will show him who’s plotting to…

Ukraine: A political rerun By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Back when reruns were a staple of summer programming, television networks aired repeats of their programs, giving viewers another opportunity to see what they had already seen. Democratic politicians are now conducting their own version of reruns. The same bunch who brought us the failed…

Dealing with the Taliban devil By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency PARIS — President Trump was right to cancel a “secret” meetingwith leaders of the Taliban and the Afghan government following two bomb attacks by the terrorist group that killed 10 civilians, an American soldier and a Romanian service member in heavily fortified Kabul. The…

When government runs health care By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency DUBLIN — “When would you like to schedule your knee replacement surgery?” asked my American doctor before I left for Ireland? I gave him a date that works for me (I’m calling it the result of an old basketball injury, not advancing age). His…

Knowing it all at 16 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency How much credibility should we give to a 16-year-old when considering her qualifications to lecture adults about science and an end-of-the-world scenario? Greta Thunberg has been dubbed by the media as a “climate change activist” and a teen “eco-warrior.” She was at the United…

The Kavanaugh reboot By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When the Supreme Court, under a previous ideological majority, was handing down decisions favorable to the left, Democrats were fine with deferring to that third branch of government to achieve what they declined to produce in legislation. Some Democrats in conservative states took the position that…

Non-debate ‘debates’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency By definition, what 14 million viewers watched on TV last Thursday night was not a debate — not even close. Here’s how dictionary.com defines “debate”: “A discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints … a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides…

When government runs health careBy Cal ThomasTribune Content AgencyDUBLIN — “When would you like to schedule your knee replacement surgery?” asked my American doctor before I left for Ireland? I gave him a date that works for me (I’m calling it the result of an old basketball injury, not advancing age). His office scheduled it…

Dealing with the Taliban devil By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency PARIS — President Trump was right to cancel a “secret” meeting with leaders of the Taliban and the Afghan government following two bomb attacks by the terrorist group that killed 10 civilians, an American soldier and a Romanian service member in heavily fortified Kabul. The…

Will Democrats tax your retirement savings? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The late bank robber Willie “The Actor” Suttonis said to have been asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, to which he supposedly replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” In his autobiography, Sutton denied the quote, but it serves as a warning…