Month: July 2018
Trump and Sulzberger on media bias By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Every president since George Washingtonhas suffered from a critical press. John F. Kennedy canceledall White House subscriptions to the New York Herald Tribune because of coverage he regarded as unfavorable. President Obama, who was almost universally adored by mainstream media, sometimes complained he wasn’t getting…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 1, 2018 THERE WAS A SOBERING STORY IN YESTERDAY’S WASHINGTON POST. IT WAS ABOUT A CHICKEN PLANT IN FEDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE ALL BUT ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE SPANISH AND SPOKE NO ENGLISH. THE ONE EMPLOYEE, WHO IS WHITE AND FEMALE, SPOKE NO SPANISH. IT WAS ABOUT WHITES BECOMING A MINORITY…
Read MoreWhat’s not to like about Trump policies? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup. The…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 31, 2018 YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIER STATUES FROM PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. NOW LIBERALS IN TEXAS WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF STATE CAPITAL. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, THEY SAY, USED SLAVES FROM MEXICO TO BUILD THE STATE’S ACONOMY. AUSTIN CALLED SLAVERY “THE CURSE OF CURSES” IN 1831,…
Read MoreWhat’s not to like about Trump policies? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup. The…
Read MoreCal Thomas Commentary July 30, 2018 YOU’VE SEEN THEM. WE ALL HAVE. THEY COME IN THE MAIL OR ON RADIO CLAIMING A CRISIS. WHEN I ESTABLISHED VALUES THROUGH MEDIA IN THE 1980S – YES, WE’VE BEEN AROUND THAT LONG – I PROMISED SUPPORTERS I WOULD NEVER ENGINEER A PHONEY CRISIS AND JUST TELL THE TRUTH.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 27, 2018 WHILE THE SIDESHOW ABOUT RUSSIAN “COLLUSION,” ALLEGED PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS AND HUSH MONEY CONTINUES, REAL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO THERE WAS TALK OF A TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN UNION, BUT ON WEDNESDAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE EU AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD AN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 26, 2018 BY NOW YOU HAVE HEARD OF TAPES OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN AND DONALD TRUMP THAT PURPORT TO PROVE THE NOW-PRESIDENT DISCUSSED PAYING HUSH MONEY TO A FORMER PLAYBOY MODEL WITH WHOM HE ALLEGEDLY HAD AN AFFAIR, AN AFFAIR THE PRESIDENT DENIES. QUESTION: SINCE THESE TAPES WERE OBTAINED…
Read MoreThe seduction of socialism By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency For the current generation, sometimes referred to as millennials, it appears one thing is more seductive than sex — and that’s socialism. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, winner of a New York Democratic primary, are the old and new faces of socialist…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 25, 2018 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO REVOKE THE SECURITY CLEARANCES OF SEVERAL FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WHO HAVE PROMOTED RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND GONE AS FAR AS ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF TREASON. THESE OFFICIALS INCLUDE FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN, PERHAPS THE MOST CRITICAL OF THE LOT, FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY…
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