Examiner Columnist
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Cal Thomas: Gun laws should consider human nature, not ignore it
Cal Thomas
Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013
In 1983, when President Reagan ordered the deployment of missiles in Europe as part of his "peace through strength" strategy to counter the Soviet Union, the very liberal town of Takoma Park, Md., declared itself a "nuclear-free zone." City officials passed an ordinance known as the Takoma...
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Cal Thomas: What Atlanta's school for scandal teaches us
Cal Thomas
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
My first question after reading about seven teachers in an Atlanta public school accused of altering standardized test scores to make it appear students performed better than they actually did was: How could they!? The seven were nicknamed "the chosen," and, according to Georgia state...
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Cal Thomas: Obamacare, three years later and one year away
Cal Thomas
Updated: Mon, Mar 25, 2013
Last week, politicians who helped craft the Affordable Care Act celebrated in self-congratulatory style the third anniversary of that monstrosity, which will soon extinguish health care as we've known it. The president's promises about the ACA saving money and allowing you to keep your...
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Cal Thomas: Death penalty foes discriminate against unborn
Cal Thomas
Published: Mon, Mar 18, 2013
The Maryland legislature recently voted to abolish capital punishment in the state, making Maryland the sixth state in the past six years to eliminate the death penalty. The primary argument for abolition is that our justice system is imperfect and it's possible an innocent person could be...
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