Month: April 2018
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 2, 2018 MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE WORD “VULGAR” MEANS AND MOST CIVILIZED PEOPLE TRY TO ADVOID BEING VULGAR IN PUBLIC AND EVEN IN PRIVATE. NOT THESE DAYS. VULGARITY HAS BECOME MAINSTREAM. AT LAST SATURDAY’S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, VULGARITY RULED IN THE PERSON OF SO-CALLED COMEDIAN MICHELLE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 3, 2018 HOW WOULD YOUR LIFE BE DIFFERENT IF YOU TURNED OFF AND TUNED OUT OF THE NEWS FOR A DAY, OR MAYBE A WEEK? I CAN’T BECAUSE MY JOB IS TO WRITE ABOUT AND COMMENT ON IT. BUT IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, OR POLITICS, HOW…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 1, 2018 THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 41 ISLAMIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. MANY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL MOSQUES. THEY EXIST IN PLACES YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THEY WOULD, SUCH AS MASSACUSETTS, TEXAS AND KENTUCKY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TEACH? DO YOU CARE? YOU SHOULD. THE TEXTBOOK…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 27, 2018 FOR YEARS I HAVE SUSPECTED U.S. AND OTHER WORLD AID THAT HAS GONE TO THE SO-CALLED “PALESTINIANS” WAS BEING USED TO UNDERWRITE TERRORISM. NOW THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON REPORTS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT TO COMPEL THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO REVEAL HOW MUCH IT HAS GIVEN TO…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 30, 2018 GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL FOLLOWED FRANCE’S PRESIDENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LAST WEEK. BEFORE LEAVING GERMANY, SHE SAID THIS ABOUT RISING ANTI-SEMITISM: “WE HAVE REFUGEES NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, OR PEOPLE OF ARAB ORIGIN, WHO BRING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ANTI-SEMITISM INTO THE COUNTRY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, ANTI-SEMITISM EXISTED BEFORE…
Read More‘Crazy Bernie’ is at it again By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency There he goes again. Despite the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years, including declining rates for minorities, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), affectionately called “crazy Bernie” by some conservative talk show hosts, is again flirting with the idea that the federal government should guarantee every American…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 26, 2018 “SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE JEWISH.” IT IS A PHRASE OFTEN USED BY PEOPLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST CHARGES THEY ARE ANTI-SEMITIC. IN MY CASE, IT’S TRUE. SOME OF MY VERY BEST FRIENDS ARE JEWISH. I SAY THIS AMID AN INCREASE IN ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA AND EUROPE. ANTI-SEMITIC…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 25, 2018 TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN TORONTO IN WHAT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE PROFILE IS SIMILAR TO OTHERS WE’VE SEEN IN RECENT MONTHS: RENTED WHITE VAN RUNS UP ON A SIDEWALK FULL OF PEDESTRIANS AND STARTS MOWING THEM DOWN, FOLLOWING AN ISIS PLAYBOOK. …
Read MoreFollowing Jesus, or following Trump? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” (Matthew 6:24) The verse refers to money, but in light of today’s debate about the unaccountable…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 24, 2018 THE MAN WITHOUT A GUN TOOK DOWN A MAN WITH A GUN AT A WAFFLE HOUSE IN ANTIOCH, TENNESSEE. 29-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS REINKING IS THE MAN POLICE SAY SHOT TO DEATH FOUR PEOPLE AND WOUNDED OTHERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE EATERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. JAMES SHAW LEAPED AT REINKING…
Read More