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The High Price of Drugs
Is there anyone who thinks prescription drug prices in America are about right?
President Trump has elevated an issue Democrats have been jawboning about for years. On Monday the president issued an Executive Order (EO) he says will decrease the cost of drugs in America and lead to increased transparency about how pharmaceutical companies set ...Read more

Bad Political Theater in Newark
Political theater extends back to the Greeks. William Shakespeare wrote about politics in “Coriolanus” and other plays. A personal favorite of mine was politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-3705965">Read more

Time to Payback Student Loans
Back in the day of telephone books, the Washington, D.C., Yellow Pages contained more than a dozen pages of “associations,” a code word for lobbyists. They included associations for tort reform, one for buses and even an association for snack food.
I don’t recall an ...Read more

Faith and Government
Last week, President Trump announced the establishment of a White House Faith Office. Its purpose, as described in a White House announcement, is to “…empower faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship to better serve families and communities.” Don’t they already have access to a higher power?
There is no ...Read more

Let Them Eat … Something Else
Last Sunday I was a panelist on “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream. My friend and colleague Juan Williams brought up the continuing high price of eggs as part of his criticism of President Trump’s first 100 days in his second term. While wholesale egg prices are coming down, I said only half-jokingly “let people eat oatmeal.”
The ...Read more

Cal Thomas: Donald Trump to America: Get busy begatting
“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth." (Genesis 1:28)
President Trump is going God one better. God told Adam and Eve to start having children. The president is considering adding an incentive – paying couples politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-3689985">Read more