Month: March 2020
Save the media! By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I confess to a certain self-interest in today’s column. The media, especially newspapers, are in trouble. Conservatives like myself have been relentless in attacking their collective bias over the years, but as more of them fold or reduce staff, it is crucial the institution be saved.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 1, 2020 I CALL TODAY “THE ATHIEST’S NATIONAL HOLIDAY” BECAUSE “THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART THERE IS NO GOD.” SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE ORIGIN OF APRIL FOOL’S DAY DATES BACK TO 1582, WHEN FRANCE SWITCHED FROM THE JULIAN CALENDAR TO THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR, AS CALLED FOR BY…
Read MoreThe dark hole of debt By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It is not cognitive dissonance — the impossibility of holding two or more contradictory beliefs simultaneously — to favor the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump while at the same time worrying about what the increasingnational debt (nearing $24 trillion…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 31, 2020 SOME PEOPLE, LIKE PRIZE FIGHTERS, STAY TOO LONG ON THE SCENE WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE RETIRED LONG AGO. BEST EXAMPLE? THE 80-YEAR-OLD SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI. PELOSI CLAIMS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS BECAUSE HE DIDN’T ACT FAST ENOUGH.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 30, 2020 ARE WE ON THE VERGE OF ANOTHER GREAT AWAKENING BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS? THAT’S AN ARGUMENT MADE RECENTLY IN THE OPINION PAGES OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BY ROBERT NICHOLOLSON, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILOS PROJECT. NICHOLSON WRITES THAT AMERICA HAS NEARLY FORGOTTEN THE SACRIFICES AND DEPRIVATIONS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 27, 2020 THE $2.2 TRILLION AID PACKAGE PASSED THE SENATE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE WHERE YOU CAN COUNT ON SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND OTHER DEMOCRATS AND PROBABLY SOME REPUBLICANS TO LOAD IT UP WITH EVEN MORE SPENDING. THE SENATE BILL WOULD SEND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 26, 2020 THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO MORE CRITICAL AND BIASED PRESS THAN ANY PRESIDENT SINCE RICHARD NIXON. AND A GOOD CASE COULD BE MADE THAT IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CASE IT IS MUCH WORSE. THAT HAS NOT BEEN REFLECTED IN POLLS, HOWEVER. MUCH…
Read MoreWhatever became of Dan Quayle? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency He was the 44th vice president of the United States in the George H.W. Bush administration, but for the last 20 years, Dan Quayle has stayed mostly away from the unfriendly glare of political life. I called him to get his thoughts on the…
Read MoreA lesson from coronavirus By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If anything good can come from the coronavirus pandemic, it is the revelation of America’s overreliance on China, especially when it comes to drugs. Interviewed by NBC News, retired Brigadier General John Adams said, “Basically, we’ve outsourced our entire industry to China. That is a…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 25, 2020 THE CORONAVIRUS NOW SWEEPING THE WORLD REMINDS ME OF BIBLICAL PLAGUES OF OLD. I AM NOT A THEOLOGIAN AND SO CANNOT SAY IF THIS PLAGUE WAS SENT BY GOD TO PUNISH US FOR OUR PRESUMPTUOUS SINS, OR IF IT IS SIMPLY A CONSEQUENCE OF LIVING IN A FALLEN…
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