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Obama’s Cronkite Moment?By Cal ThomasTribune Media ServicesPresident Obama may have experienced his Walter Cronkite moment over the economy.Responding to Cronkite’s reporting from Vietnam four decades ago that the only way to end the war was by negotiating with the North ...

Lower ExpectationsBy Cal ThomasTribune Media ServicesIn 2008, “60 Minutes” visited Denmark to report on a survey of international happiness conducted by Leicester University in England that concluded Danes are among the happiest people on Earth. The reason? They have low ...

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 ...

None Dare Call It … What?By Cal ThomasTribune Media ServicesFormer Speaker Newt Gingrich may be the most notable public figure in some time to state the obvious: radical Islam is a clear and present danger to America.In a speech last ...

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 ...

The GOP’s Opportunity … and ChallengeBy Cal ThomasTribune Media ServicesGiven what members of Congress get away with these days, it takes a lot to break House ethics rules. But that’s what a House ethics subcommittee has accused 20-term Congressman Charles ...