Pointless TalksBy Cal ThomasTribune Media Services“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”Never has George Santayana’s oft-quoted warning had greater significance than when it comes to Middle East “peace talks,” including the latest round scheduled to begin ...

Downsizing DefenseBy Cal ThomasTribune Media ServicesAs Republicans take their case to the voters in November about the Obama administration’s massive overspending and record debt, they should seriously consider what could be a rare bipartisan objective: cutting defense spending.Defense Secretary Robert ...

Vigilante LawBy Cal ThomasTribune Media ServicesSAN DIEGO — A nation that does not see in law a right to life for its unborn children and a court that allows more than 50 million of them to be killed claiming a ...

Mission Accomplished II By Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services President Obama claims to have kept his campaign promise to cease American combat operations (though not U.S. troop presence) in Iraq by the end of this month. But ...

None Dare Call It … What? By Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services Former Speaker Newt Gingrich may be the most notable public figure in some time to state the obvious: radical Islam is a clear and present ...

National Health Service: It’s Coming to AmericaBy Cal ThomasTribune Media ServicesPORTSTEWART, Northern Ireland — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told a group of liberal activists meeting in Las Vegas they shouldn’t worry about not getting the single-payer provision in the ...