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Cal Thomas: Rupert Murdoch: Right From The Start
LONDON – To read and watch the reaction of people who have hated Fox News from its creation, one might think it resembles dancing on someone’s grave, but at 92, Rupert Murdoch remains very much alive and his influence, not only on Fox, but in much of
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Jonah Goldberg: What The Republicans Forcing A Government Shutdown Have In Common With 1960s Radicals
This week, yet another government shutdown appears inevitable because a sizable chunk of the House Freedom Caucus believes, in the words of Otter in “Animal House,” that “this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done o
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Clarence Page: Are Tables Turning On The Abortion Issue Since Dobbs? Be Careful What You Ask For
I’m sure I wasn’t the only TV viewer who stuck a finger in my ear and jiggled it after I heard former President Donald Trump criticize the six-week abortion ban brought about by his Republican opponent Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Or as Trump famously
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Cal Thomas: British To Be Forced To Drive Electric
LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after first announcing a mandate requiring all fossil fueled vehicles sold in the UK after 2030 to be electric, succumbed to pressure from the Conservative Party and within his own government and announced
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Bill Press: Clothes Don’t Make The Senator, But Still…
One of the best things that ever happened to me was when my parents sent me to Salesianum, a private boys’ high school in Wilmington, Delaware. It’s a great school, I got an outstanding education, and I learned a set of good, solid values that have g
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Robert C. Koehler: Floating For Peace On The Golden Rule
It’s 10 p.m. at Montrose Harbor in Chicago. Kiko and Tamar help me step from the dock into the wobbly rowboat. Kiko rows us out to the Golden Rule and I climb aboard in wonder. Oh my God! This is it – the 30-foot, anti-nuke sailboat with a history go
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Cal Thomas: Sex And The City: Political Edition
The Republican Party, the party that for years has styled itself as the party of “family values” and “traditional marriage” has lost all credibility on these issues. Not only do polls show a huge majority of Republicans supporting the thrice-married,
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Clarence Page: MAGA Was Only The Beginning Of Mitt Romney’s Worries
Like numerous other folks who did not support Mitt Romney’s election when he was challenging then-President Barack Obama in 2012, I think he looks a lot better to me now than he did then — and not just because he decided to retire from the Senate. Co
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Jonah Goldberg: Why The Republicans’ Impeachment Of Biden May Be Stupid Enough To Work
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to move ahead with impeachment proceedings — and the Democrats’ response — reminded me of something Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser reportedly once said, “The genius of you Americans is that you never mak
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Clarence Page: Yes, Black Parents Like School Choice Too
So now it’s Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates’ turn to be pilloried for sending a child to a private high school. “That story sounds familiar,” said my very astute wife, a product of Chicago public schools. It should sound familiar a
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Bill Press: Impeach Biden First – Then Find Out Why
It’s hard to know what to say about House Republicans moving to impeach President Biden, except: it’s insane; it’s totally evidence-free; it’s pure revenge for two impeachments of Donald Trump; and it’s the most outrageous abuse of congressional powe
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Cal Thomas: The ‘Hypocrisy’ Label Has Lost Its Power
There was a time in bygone America when calling someone a “hypocrite” or claiming they were guilty of hypocrisy was equivalent to branding them with a scarlet letter or the mark of Cain. Today, in an era of opinion polls, trendsetting, and ever-shift
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Robert C. Koehler: ‘Mommy, Somebody’s Having A Baby’
On a shrugged-off afternoon of YouTube wandering, I came upon this: “Is There Life After Death?” Hmm . . . well, is there? Turns out it was a presentation by five professors at the University of Virginia, moderated, good God, by John Cleese. I more o
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Mary Sanchez: The Shame Goes To Congress, Not ‘Dreamers’
The more than 20-year odyssey to legalize some children of immigrant parents has reached a new low. “Dreamers” do not have the right to exist without fear of being hauled off by federal officials and sent “home,” to nations where they were born, but
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Clarence Page: New York Is Having An Immigration Crisis? Join The Club Of Receiving Cities
Mayor Eric Adams is earning praise from Republicans, which is always a danger sign for Democrats. He’s also receiving criticism from members of his own party, which is nothing out of the blue either. The reactions came after he told an audience of Up
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Cal Thomas: What To Do About The Crime Wave
“When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.” (XunZi – ancient Chinese philosopher) Walking along a street in Madrid in the 1970s after a
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Jonah Goldberg: Mike Pence Is Railing Against Populism Among Republicans. But He’s Late To The Game
Last week Mike Pence gave a speech at Saint Anselm College that, depending on your view of the man, was either courageous or desperate — or both. Titled “Populism vs. Conservatism: Republicans’ Time for Choosing,” the speech was an homage to his hero
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Bill Press: Is Joe Biden Too Old To Be President?
Republicans believe they’ve found the winning argument for 2024. They can’t argue with President Biden’s record, because most of his legislative victories had the help of Republican votes. They can’t make the case that the economy’s a disaster, becau
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Cal Thomas: Getting The Saudi-Israel Formula Wrong
If one is mixing chemicals, getting the formula wrong can produce disastrous results. It is the same with international diplomacy. For decades the left was wrong about the Soviet Union and China, believing that what the U.S. did or did not do would h
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Bill Press: Is Joe Biden Too Old To Be President?
Republicans believe they’ve found the winning argument for 2024. They can’t argue with President Biden’s record, because most of his legislative victories had the help of Republican votes. They can’t make the case that the economy’s a disaster, becau
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Robert C. Koehler: Depleted Uranium Won’t Bring Peace To Ukraine
Freedom’s just another word for . . . blowing up your children? Giving them cancer? Militarism is obsolete, for God’s sake. Its technology is out of control. The latest shred of news that has left me stunned and terror-stricken is this, as reported b
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Mary Sanchez: The ‘Silver Tsunami’ Hitting Our Society And Politics
At least most people are conscientious enough to preface an unqualified medical diagnosis with, “Well, I’m not a doctor, but…” What follows is generally their personal take on a range of ailments related to aging that have zero credibility, based on
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Cal Thomas: More Climate Fiction
It’s been a good summer for climate activists who are pushing the false narrative of “climate change.” We had the Canadian wildfires with smoke drifting into other parts of North America. Then there were hotter than usual temperatures in many parts o
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Clarence Page: ‘Can You Hear Gunshots?’ Student Texts Reveal Horrors From Inside An Active Shooter Lockdown
An “active shooter” situation is a hell of a way to start a school year — and I do mean hell. That’s what it was like for students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after associate professor Zijie Yan was fatally shot in a science bu
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Jonah Goldberg: Joe Biden’s Age Poses A Big Issue He Can’t Get Around
In December 1998, Rep. Bob Livingston, Republican of Louisiana, was set to succeed Rep. Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. Gingrich had announced his resignation from Congress and the speakership in the wake of a disastrous midterm election for R
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Viewpoints: The ‘I Would Simply …’ Candidate
At last week’s Republican presidential debate, the moderators asked whether Vice President Mike Pence did the right thing in refusing Donald Trump’s demands that he try to overturn Joe Biden’s victory when Congress counted the electoral votes on Janu
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Cal Thomas: Motives Behind Illegal Immigration
It can be difficult to establish the motives of government leaders, unless they are told to us outright, or unless a pattern of behavior allows us to draw conclusions consistent with that behavior. The wave of migrants illegally crossing America’s so
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Robert C. Koehler: Creating Art: If It’s Fun, It’s Alive
As I trek toward the Great Unknown, as life’s struggles seem to intensify, some odd questions keep recurring. Art — what is it again? Why does it matter? How does it matter? What does it mean to be “good” at it? That last question, in particular, can
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Bill Press: Impeach Joe Biden! But for what, exactly?
Americans of a certain age will remember the fun of coming up with a new oxymoron. Three of my favorites were “airline food,” “military intelligence,” and “jumbo shrimp.” The game is back! Under hapless Speaker Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans have
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Clarence Page: Not Even The Reality Of Racial Violence Can Overcome The Razzle-dazzle Of A Presidential Candidate
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic March on Washington, much of his dream is still just a dream. I’d like to offer a more cheerful message, but that’s hard today, even for a resilient self-described optimist like me, after t
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