Cal Thomas
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Treasured friendship with Kennedy never strained by ideologyMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - These days, people on "one side" of the political spectrum are not supposed to cooperate, much less have a personal relationship with anyone on the "other side." While i...
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To win, GOP must get back to doing things rightMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - "Get back, get back. Get back to where you once belonged." -- The Beatles The Republican Party is in distress. Doomsayers are everywhere. Republican National Committee ...
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Don't blame Big Oil for gas prices, energy crisisMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - With gas prices topping $4 a gallon, now may not be the best time to say something positive about Big Oil, but here goes anyway. Where is it written that the cost for a...
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Republicans hope that Maine goes the way of conservatismMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - AUGUSTA, Maine -- It is only partially true that in presidential elections "as Maine goes, so goes the nation." The term emerged in the 19th century because at the time ...
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Irony, and justice, in court ruling on use of lethal injectionApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The Supreme Court has ruled 7-2 that the death penalty by lethal injection in Kentucky, which uses a cocktail of three drugs, is not a violation of the Constitution's pr...
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When politicians talk compassion, best to hold on tight to your walletApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Beware when politicians talk about "compassion," especially when they hold a "Compassion Forum" to do it, which is what they did at the appropriately named Messiah Colle...
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Lincoln, Douglas provided model for civil political debateApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - In Abraham Lincoln's first Inaugural Address, the 16th president appealed to the "better angels of our nature." In a recent speech in Prescott, Ariz., where Barry Goldwa...
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King's enduring legacy should make all Americans proudApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Certain events imprint the mind with images time cannot erase. People of one generation recall where they were when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. People of another r...
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Obama's right to pressure Clinton to release documentsMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The campaign manager for Sen. Barack Obama has a point. David Plouffe wants Hillary Clinton to release her income tax returns for the last several years and couple that ...
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Where the law can be enforced to deport illegal immigrantsMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The argument one hears most often for not enforcing illegal immigration laws is that we can't deport the estimated 12 million people already in this country. Maybe not, ...