Month: August 2019
Unequal justice By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency One doesn’t have to be a cynic to be cynical about the Justice Department’s decision not to hold former FBI Director James Comey accountable for what an Inspector General report called his violation of FBI policies and his setting a “dangerous example” in order to “achieve a…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 PEOPLE ARE RIGHT TO BE CYNICAL ABOUT WASHINGTON AFTER THE CONCLUSION BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL THAT FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY DID NOT COMMIT ANY INDICTABLE OFFENSES WHEN HE LEAKED MEMOES AND OTHER INFORMATION TO THE MEDIA. JUDICIAL WATCH HAD THE MOST SUCCINCT STATEMENT ABOUT THIS: “THE IG REPORT…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 30, 2019 IF I HAD TO PICK AN IDEAL PRESIDENT IT WOULD BE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE. HE HOLDS THE SAME POSITIONS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT WITHOUT ALL THE BAGGAGE AND CONSTANT CONTROVERSIES AND UNNECESSARY TURMOIL. HE IS A MAN OF SUPREME INTEGRITY, STRONG CHRISTIAN VALUES AND A STREAK OF KINDNESS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 29, 2019 YOU’VE HEARD THE SLANDER. CONSERVATIVES AND REPUBLICANS ARE FULL OF HATE. THEY ARE RACISTS, HATE WOMEN AND EVERYONE WHO ISN’T WHITE AND CHRISTIAN. WELL, CONSIDER THIS ONE. JENNIFER RUBIN, WHO THE WASHINGTON POST THINKS IS A CONSERVATIVE, SAID THIS ON MSNBC: PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN BE DEFEATED IN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 28, 2019 PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID AT THE JUST CONCLUDED G-7 GATHERING IN FRANCE HE WOULD WELCOME A MEETING WITH RUSSIA’S VLADIMIR PUTIN AND IS NOT OPPOSED TO ONE WITH IRAN’S PRESIDENT. BOTH WOULD BE A MISTAKE. FIRST, JUST FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT AND THE OPTICS THAT WOULD GO WITH…
Read MoreThey’ve lost their minds in San Francisco By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency San Francisco, a city described in song for its natural beauty, is descending into an abyss of homelessness, the use of sidewalks as toilets and a place you might not want to visit, much less live. The latest, but surely not the…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 27, 2019 THERE’S A TROUBLING NEW POLL OF YOUNG PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS TRADITIONAL VALUES THAT DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE. A WALL STREET JOURNAL/NBC NEWS POLL OF 1,000 YOUNGER ADULTS FINDS THEY RATE PATRIOTISM, RELIGION AND HAVING CHILDREN AS LESS IMPORTANT TO THEM THAN DID YOUNG PEOPLE JUST TWO…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 26, 2019 LANGUAGE USED TO MEAN SOMETHING AND THE PROPER USE OF LANGUAGE MEANT YOU WERE EDUCATED AND AWARE THAT WORDS HAVE POWER TO BLESS, TO HARM, TO HEAL AND TO CONVEY YOUR INTENT. THAT WAS IN ANOTHER AGE. TODAY, AS HUMPTY DUMPTY SAYS TO ALICE IN WONDERLAND, “WHEN I USE…
Read MoreYou didn’t build that II By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Remember the controversy in 2012 when President Obama said, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” In context, the president was trying to make the point that in addition to our own hard work, others contributed to whatever…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 23, 2019 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ACCUSED JEWISH AMERICANS WHO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS OF DEMONSTRATING “GREAT DISLOYALTY.” IT WASN’T CLEAR WHETHER HE MEANT DISLOYALTY TO HIMSELF, DISLOYALTY TO AMERICA, OR DISLOYALTY TO ISRAEL. I’M BETTING IT WAS THE THIRD. SOME JEWS ARE REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVE, BUT POLLS AND VOTING PATTERNS HAVE SHOWN MOST…
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