Month: October 2020
Debate topics and American priorities By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The supposedly nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has selected the following topics for Thursday night’s final encounter between President Trump and Joe Biden: “Fighting COVID-19,” “American Families,” “Race in America,” “Climate Change,” “National Security” and “Leadership.” The commission also announced it will mute the…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 21, 2020 TOMORROW NIGHT’S FINAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN WILL FEATURE A NEW TWIST. THE DEBATE COMMISSION, DESCRIBED IN THE PRESS AS NONPARTISAN, WHICH IT ISN’T – WILL TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE OF THE ONE NOT SPEAKING SO THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTIONS. THAT WON’T MUTE THE OTHER…
Read MoreCan Joe Biden be trusted? It was President Richard Nixon who said in the midst of the enveloping Watergate scandal: “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.” That standard should be applied to Joe Biden before the election. He…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 20, 2020 THE YEAR WAS 1947, TWO YEARS AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO AND THE ALLIED VICTORY OVER NAZI GERMANY AND JAPAN. CATHOLIC BISHOP FULTON SHEEN WAS A PROMINENT VOICE IN AMERICA WHO OFTEN SPOKE OF THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF AMERICANS AND HOW THAT IS REFLECTED IN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 19, 2020 LAST WEEK WAS ONE OF THE MOST NEWSMAKING WEEKS I’VE SEEN IN POLITICS IN MANY YEARS. STEVE SCULLY WAS PUT ON INDEFINENT LEAVE BY C-SPAN AFTER HE ADMITTED LYING ABOUT AN EMAIL HE SENT TO FORMER TRUMP COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, WHO NOW HATES TRUMP. SCULLY CLAIMED…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 16, 2020 HOLLAND, A LAND OF TULIPS, GREAT ART, CANALS, PROSTITUTION, DRUGS AND A LAW ALLOWING FOR EUTHANASIA OF THE ELDERLY IS TAKING A STEP FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD TO UNDERMINING THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. THE UK DAILY NEWS REPORTS THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING ALLOWING EUTHANASIA FOR…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 15, 2020 DAY TWO OF THE AMY CONEY BARRETT HEARINGS REVEALED SOMETHING PROFOUND ABOUT THE JUDGE. SHE IS A NICE WOMAN. SHE IS KIND, RESPONDS GENTLY TO EVEN OUTRAGEOUS QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS. DEMOCRATS ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ARE POSTURING AND IN KAMALA HARRIS’ CASE, CAMPAIGNING, BUT JUDGE BARRETT STAYED CALM…
Read MoreThe unmentioned issue in this campaign By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Debt is the worst poverty.” — Thomas Fuller, 17th-century English churchman and historian No reporter asks about it. The candidates don’t talk about it. Are voters even concerned about it? The unmentioned “it” is the national debt, which days ago reached $27 trillion…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 14, 2020 A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY MUST PAY THE SALARY OF A FORMER CAMPUS SENATE PRESIDENT WHO WAS REMOVED FOR HIS RELIGIOUS VIEWS, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALLEN WINSOR, A TRUMP APPOINTEE BY THE WAY, SAID IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 13, 2020 IN AN OPENING STATEMENT AT SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS YESTERDAY ON HER NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT SAID THE FOLLOWING: “COURTS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM OR RIGHT EVERY WRONG IN OUR PUBLIC LIFE. THE POLICY DECISIONS AND VALUE JUDGMENTS OF GOVERNMENT MUST…
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