Cal Thomas: The debt limit: Same old song

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Published
May 4, 2023

Cal Thomas: The debt limit: Same old song

Each time the government reaches the “limit,” it gets raised with the familiar scenarios that include threats of a government shutdown (an idea that increasingly appeals to some conservatives) and the claim that the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. is at stake.
Published
May 3, 2023

Joel Furrow: Late-term abortion isn’t compassionate, it’s the cruelest injustice

LD 1619 would cause suffering of the most defenseless among us and ultimately destroy the life of unborn, viable, human babies. How can this act be considered "compassionate"? We must all consider LD 1619 to be an extreme injustice for the viable, human lives that it would ultimately destroy.
Published
May 2, 2023

Froma Harrop: Trump’s extremism on abortion cannot be hid

What Gov. Ron DeSantis has done in Florida — virtually ban all access to abortion — Donald Trump has come close to doing to the entire country. Trump is just better at playing all sides.
Published
May 1, 2023

British glasses are half-full for King Charles

Brits are expected to stock up on scones, clotted cream and party food, as they did for the Platinum Jubilee. They spent £87 million ($108 million) more on groceries during the Jubilee week than on average in 2022.
Published
May 1, 2023

MIT is a college bargain. NYU, not so much.

Survey data collected for the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics in the 2017-2018 academic year showed that 59.1% of all undergraduates received federal grants, loans or both, with the share rising to 59.6% at four-year public colleges and universities and 64.2% at four-year private nonprofit ones.

Published
April 30, 2023

Froma Harrop: A foreigner comes for Tucker’s job

When Tucker Carlson was making money for Fox, boss Rupert Murdoch was perfectly fine with his star carnival attraction. But when Carlson started costing money, the Australian gave him the ax.
Published
April 30, 2023

Cal Thomas: Israel at 75

Happy Anniversary to America’s closest ally in the Middle East. May she long endure.
Published
April 30, 2023

Clarence Page: No tears for Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, who should have known better

Outside of their job descriptions, there’s not a lot that Fox News’ Carlson and CNN’s Lemon share in common. Yet they both demonstrate how the power of being able to speak freely over the airwaves can melt your wings when you soar too close to the sunlight of fame.
Published
April 30, 2023

Austin Bay: South Korea knows the Korean War isn’t over

The Korean War remains unfinished business. When media claim Afghanistan was America's longest war, they ignore the frozen war on the Korean peninsula and the American troops still there, pulling guard duty.
Published
April 29, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Knitting a party back together

Republican leaders have painted themselves into a corner, especially in the U.S. House of Representatives. They are so split internally that maybe only Democrats can save them. One of those Democrats is Rep. Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd District.

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