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<title><![CDATA[Cal Thomas - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14585.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Cal Thomas]]></description><category domain="14585">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A Republican Who Wants To Raise Taxes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/23/a_republican_who_wants_to_raise_taxes_153750.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congress is debating major funding bills that would avoid another of those phony government "shutdowns" now scheduled for January 30. One sticking point is that Democrats want to either defund ICE, or greatly reduce its budget even though it is following the law in arresting and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Wants You To Forget All She Once Stood For]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/31/kamala-harris-wants-you-to-forget-all-she-once-sto/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the 1997 film '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Men in Black,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a pen like device causes people to forget everything they have seen and heard. Actor Will Smith calls it a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'flashy thing.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Evidence Versus the George Floyd Narrative]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/31/evidence-versus-the-george-floyd-narrative/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is difficult to change a narrative once it has been established in the public's mind.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Impeachment Will Be a 'Permanent Stain' on Dems' Legacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/20/house-impeachment-will-be-a-permanent-stain-on-dem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The contrast could not have been starker. One picture showed House Speaker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Nancy Pelosi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' smiling as she signed (with numerous pens) two articles of impeachment against President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump. She passed out the pens like souvenirs to fellow Democrats. They were embossed in gold with her...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Question Anti-Trump Christians Need to Answer]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2019/12/27/antitrump-christians-would-you-prefer-a-president-who-supports-secular-social-agenda-n2558568</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The battle between church and state is as old as church and state, as is the conflict within religious circles over who supposedly speaks for God.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dems' Last Gasp to Smear Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/11/democrats-last-gasp-to-smear-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you are paying attention to the Washington circus that is the impeachment inquiry into President Trump's handling of the much maligned Ukraine call, this is what real collusion looks like.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unequal Justice for James Comey]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/2/unequal-justice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One doesn't have to be a cynic to be cynical about the Justice Department's decision not to hold former FBI Director James Comey accountable for what an inspector general's report called his violation of FBI policies and his setting a dangerous example in order to achieve a personally...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New York Times Attempts to Rewrite History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/21/you-didnt-build-ii/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Remember the controversy in 2012 when President Barack Obama said, If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Educating Gen Z About the Ills of Socialism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/14/socialism-never/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has repeatedly promised America will never be a socialist country. Since Franklin Roosevelt began expanding government in the 1930s, the United States has increasingly adopted big-state policies associated with socialism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Was It Really Suicide? Let the Investigation Begin]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2019/08/13/none-dare-call-it-conspiracy-n2551542</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, investigators discovered that the lone man assigned to guard the president, John Parker, had abandoned his post to watch the play from an adjacent box at Ford's Theater. Worse, at intermission, Parker adjourned to a nearby saloon to have drinks...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trouble With Censoring the Census]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cal-thomas-censoring-the-census-us-citizenship-question-is-about-politics-not-the-law</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A look at history should provide reason enough to make a citizenship question part of the 2020 Census.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[10 Questions Dems Should've Been Asked - But Weren't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cal-thomas-questions-i-would-have-asked-the-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These questions might have provided more useful information to the public than the ones moderators tossed to candidates.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Wants to Take Us Back to Obama Years. No Thanks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cal-thomas-joe-biden-promises-to-take-us-back-to-the-obama-years-why-would-we-want-to-do-that</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden and his fellow Democrats improbably claim it was Obama's policies that have gifted America with such strong economic results. If that were true why did none of it happen during that administration?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Vote for Democrats?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/15/why-vote-for-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given what the Trump administration is saying are record achievements for a president at this stage in office, why would anyone consider voting for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Susan Collins' Finest Hour]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/susan-collins-finest-hour/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a speech announcing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, reminded me of some of the great orators of the past. Her speech was measured in tone, substantive in content and delivered with conviction.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Promised to Put America First. He Wasn't Kidding]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cal-thomas-trump-promised-to-put-american-interests-first-he-wasnt-kidding</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has been right in his criticism of NAFTA and other trade deals that have left the United States at a disadvantage, sidelining American goods, stifling job growth and allowing other countries to steal America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s intellectual property.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Economy Has Dems Singing Same Old Tax Song]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/31/trumps-economy-has-democrats-singing-same-old-tax-spend-and-regulate-song.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Not a Good Time to Be a Critic of President Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2018/03/13/how-do-trump-critics-respond-to-success-n2460069</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given the records of past presidents, who claimed to know what they were doing yet couldn't, or wouldn't, produce results like this president, Trump's mercurial behavior may turn out not to be a bad thing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Billy Graham I Knew]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/21/cal-thomas-billy-graham-knew.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In my long career in journalism, I have met many famous people, but none of them impressed me as much as William Franklin Billy Graham.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Heritage Foundation President Breaks 2 Glass Ceilings]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/26/cal-thomas-heritage-foundations-new-president-breaks-two-glass-ceilings.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton was supposed to break the glass ceiling, which she said has kept a woman from becoming president, but the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank based]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The High Court Hands Liberals a Pair of Setbacks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/28/donald-trump-winning-at-supreme-court/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's decision to allow portions of President Trump's travel ban to proceed is a much-needed victory for the administration. The high court ruled that those who lack any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States could be denied entry into the U.S....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Accusers Are Snared by Their Own Deceit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/12/donald-trump-accusers-are-themselves-liars/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All politicians lie, because they are human and all humans lie. The question before us is this: If President Trump lied to FBI Director James Comey, should that lie lead to impeachment? Did he obstruct justice when he allegedly hoped that Mr. Comey would not pursue an investigation of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Genius of Roger Ailes, Champion of U.S. Values]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/22/roger-ailes-was-a-genius/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Roger Ailes was no genius, not in the league of Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. The founding chairman of Fox News Channel, who died last week from complications after suffering a fall, understood and respected Middle America from whence he came.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rape, Illegal Immigration, &amp; Maryland's 'Safe' Environment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/22/high-school-rape-in-maryland-shows-need-for-toughe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A rough translation of Maryland's state motto is Strong Deeds, Gentle Words. In the case of a 14-year-old girl who was recently raped and sodomized in a restroom at Rockville High School by two males students, both immigrants, one facing a deportation hearing, that motto in practice has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Still in Denial About President Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-thomas-media-20170211-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since Donald Trump 's election, the major media have been trying to figure out what they did wrong, given their fawning coverage of Hillary Clinton and their anti-Donald Trump stories. Didn't they help twice elect Barack Obama ? Why didn't the formula work this time?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama Did Not Learn Hope and Humility as First Lady]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/19/michelle-obama-did-not-lear-hope-and-humility-as-f/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming once said, Those who travel the high road of humility will not be troubled by heavy traffic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The One Thing Trump Should Do At The Final Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/10/18/cal-thomas-one-thing-trump-should-do-at-final-debate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Modern journalists have little in common with those I was privileged to know when I was a copyboy at NBC News in Washington in the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??60s.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At Stake: The Constitution]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/10/constitution-at-stake-in-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This election is about a lot of things, but it is fundamentally about the U.S. Constitution and whether federal judges will adhere to their oath to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me under the Constitution and laws of the United...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton &amp; Identity Politics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/4/hillary-clinton-and-identity-politics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Have you heard that Hillary Clinton is the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'first woman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' ever to be nominated for president by a major political party? Of course you have. The media have repeated the line so often it is broken news.Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nomination and the euphoria in the press (one NPR...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Presidential-Looking Trump Thumps Hillary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2016/06/23/trump-thumps-hillary-cal-thomas/86250812/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cal Thomas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reaction from conservative talk radio hosts to Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rhetorical blows against Hillary Clinton on Wednesday was instantaneous. Even before the speech concluded, Rush Limbaugh said his email in-box was swamped with overwhelmingly positive responses. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'This is what we have...]]></description>
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