Month: December 2018
Mean-spirited media do 180 on Bush By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Before George H.W. Bush fades from memory into the darkness of history books, one more point needs to be made. It is about the contrast between how most of the major media treated him when he was president and how they mostly (but…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 11, 2018 IF YOU LISTEN TO DEMOCRATS ON THE WEEKEND NEWS SHOWS YOU GET A PREVIEW OF COMING DISTRACTIONS. MEMBERS OF THEIR NEW HOUSE MAJORITY WANT TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP AT LEAST OVER ALLEGATIONS HE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN SPENDING WHEN HIS LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN, PAID WOMEN TO STAY QUIET ABOUT…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTATY DECEMBER 10, 2018 AS I WATCHED LAST WEEK’S NEARLY UNIVERSAL MEDIA PRAISE OF GEORGE H.W. BUSH DURING FUNERAL COVERAGE I DIDN’T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR SHAKE MY HEAD. THE SAME MEDIA THAT REGULARLY BASHED THE 41ST PRESIDENT DURING HIS FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE OPENLY BASHED HIM AND HIS POLICIES THEN.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 7, 2018 THE APOSTLE’S CREED WAS PART OF THE SERVICE FOR GEORGE H.W. BUSH WEDNESDAY AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. IT IS KNOWN NOT ONLY IN EPISCOPAL CIRCLES, BUT IN VIRTUALLY ALL EVANGELICAL CIRCLES. THE NICENE CREED IS ALSO FAMILIAR TO BELIEVERS. BOTH CREEDS GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRISTIANS TO RE-STATE THEIR FAITH…
Read MoreA powerful lesson as we remember President Bush By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The scene at the U.S. Capitol on Monday as former President George H.W. Bush lay in state presented a tableau and a lesson for those who seek earthly power and believe it can change things. As the TV cameras panned the…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 6, 2018 FOR YEARS I HAVE READ THE ONE-YEAR BIBLE. IT ALLOWS ONE TO READ THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES IN 365 DAYS AND THE AUDIO VERSION NARRATED BY TOM DOOLEY IS ESPECIALLY UPLIFTING. IT IS ALSO A COUNTERWEIGHT TO THE THINKING PATTERNS OF THIS WORLD, WHICH IS PASSING AWAY IN CASE YOU…
Read MoreGeorge H.W. Bush: Man of character By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I first met the man who would become America’s 41st president in 1968. He was a Houston congressman and I was a young reporter for a local TV and radio station. My first impression was how kind he was to this “kid,” who…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 5, 2018 WATCHING THE CEREMONY MONDAY AT THE U.S. CAPITOL FOR GEORGE H.W. BUSH I WAS REMINDED OF THE FLEETING NATURE OF EARTHLY POWER AND HOW FOOLISH IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO PURSUE IT. IN THE CROWD WERE A LOT OF AGING “FORMERS,” WHO ONCE HELD HIGH POSITIONS IN THE FEDERAL…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 4, 2018 WHAT MORE CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE LATE GEORGE H.W. BUSH THAT HASN’T ALREADY BEEN SAID? READ MY COLUMN IN TODAY’S NEWSPAPERS IF YOURS CARRIES IT, OR ON MY WEBSITE AT CALTHOMAS.COM IT’S AMUSING THAT THOSE WHO USED TO CRITICIZE HIM NOW CLAIM TO LOVE HIM AND HIS EXAMPLE…
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