Month: April 2020
The Acela media By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has coined a new phrase: “the Acela media.” His reference was to the high-speed AMTRAK train that travels between Washington, D.C., and Boston. DeSantis was indirectly criticizing the major media that have headquarters along that corridor, media that largely decides what…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 22,2020 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING ALL IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.. HE SAID IT’S BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS AND TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS, WHICH DON’T REALLY EXIST AT THE MOMENT DUE TO SO MANY HAVING BEEN FURLOUGHED OR ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED. THIRTEEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE…
Read MoreLiberate America By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “…the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (from the First Amendment) Conservatives are mostly a passive lot, expressing their frustrations and anger over ideas they oppose by listening to or watching Fox News, talk radio, or…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 21, 2020 CHERYL CHUMLEY IS THE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES, ONE OF THE NEWSPAPERS THAT CARRIES MY COLUMN. SHE WRITES: “Communist-minded community organizer Saul Alinsky, in his prologue to “Rules for Radicals,” explained that the most effective activists were those who worked within the established “system,” not against it,…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 20, 2020 WHEN IT COMES TO RE-OPENING THE ECONOMY AND THE COUNTRY AFTER THE UNPRECEDENTED SHUTDOWN, ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RIGHTLY LEAVING IT UP TO INDIVIDUAL GOVERNORS TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR THEIR STATES AND LOCALITIES. DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS, LEAD BY SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI,…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 17, 2020 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO ADJOURN CONGRESS BECAUSE OF ITS FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABOUT 100 OF HIS NOMINEES TO HIGH POSITIONS. AT WEDNESDAY’S WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING, THE PRESIDENT SAID HE HAS BEEN HAMSTRUNG BY THE LACK OF PERSONNEL BECAUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD UP HIS NOMINEES. WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE…
Read MoreObama (finally) endorses Biden By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It isn’t like Joe Biden was former President Barack Obama’s first choice for president. Obama’s video endorsement of Biden on Tuesday came after every other candidate had pulled out. He even waited for Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign to endorse Biden. The “moderate” Obama…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 16, 2020 TO OPEN OR NOT TO OPEN, THAT IS THE QUESTION, WITH A NOD TO SHAKESPEARE. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE QUESTION NOW BEING PONDERED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE NATIONS’ GOVERNORS. OPEN TOO SOON AND THE VIRUS COULD COME ROARING BACK, EVEN THOUGH NEW CASES ARE IN DECLINE.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 15, 2020 THE COUNTRY IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO RE-OPENING, BUT WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? ON MONDAY, THE GOVERNORS OF NEW ENGLAND STATES – ALL DEMOCRATS – ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO STRATEGIZE RE-OPENING THEIR STATES FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. PRESIDENT TRUMP COUNTERED THAT HE…
Read MoreA virus ‘side effect’: Homeschooling By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced public schools will be closed for the rest of the academic year due to the coronavirus. More mayors and governors will likely make similar announcements, if they have not already done so. Rather than look…
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