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Time to Payback Student Loans
Back in the day of telephone books, the Washington, D.C., Yellow Pages contained more than a dozen pages of “associations,” a code word for lobbyists. They included associations for tort reform, one for buses and even an association for snack food.
I don’t recall an ...Read more

Faith and Government
Last week, President Trump announced the establishment of a White House Faith Office. Its purpose, as described in a White House announcement, is to “…empower faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship to better serve families and communities.” Don’t they already have access to a higher power?
There is no ...Read more

Let Them Eat … Something Else
Last Sunday I was a panelist on “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream. My friend and colleague Juan Williams brought up the continuing high price of eggs as part of his criticism of President Trump’s first 100 days in his second term. While wholesale egg prices are coming down, I said only half-jokingly “let people eat oatmeal.”
The ...Read more

Cal Thomas: Donald Trump to America: Get busy begatting
“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth." (Genesis 1:28)
President Trump is going God one better. God told Adam and Eve to start having children. The president is considering adding an incentive – paying couples politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-3689985">Read more

Take out Iran’s nuclear facilities now
Before basketball’s 24-second rule, there was a tactic called freezing the ball. The team that was ahead would attempt to run out the clock by holding onto the ball as long as it could to deny the opposing team an opportunity to score.
That looks like what Iran is again doing – “freezing” negotiations while finishing the final stages of...Read more

When a Wrong Narrative Hides the Truth
In politics, creating and then owning the narrative is the best way to deceive the public, especially when a compliant media helps promote it and ignores later information that contradicts the initial narrative.
Such has been the case of politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-3680880">Read more