CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 10, 2021
NOT SINCE THE 1960S HAS CRIME BEEN SUCH A POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUE.
TWELVE MAJOR CITIES HAVE HIT ALL-TIME HIGHS FOR MURDER.
PHILADELPHIA, A CITY OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE, HAS HAD 521 HOMICIDES AS OF DECEMBER
6. THAT’S MORE THAN NEW YORK CITY WHICH HAD 443 MURDERS AS OF DECEMBER 5, AND LOS ANGELES,
WHICH RECORDED 352 HOMICIDES AS OF NOVEMBER 27, A 13 PERCENT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
CHIGAGO, THE NATION’S THIRD-LARGEST CITY, HAS THE DUBIOUS DISTINCTION OF LEADING THE
NATION WITH 739 HOMICIDES AS OF THE END OF NOVEMBER. IT’S NOT JUST IN BIG CITIES. INDIANAPOLIS,
ST. PAUL, PORTLAND, TUCSON, TOLEDO, BATON ROUGE, AUSTIN, ROCHESTER, AND ALBUQUERQUE, ALL
HAVE BROKEN PREVIOUS HOMICIDE RECORDS.
WE HEAR LOTS OF EXPLANATIONS, INCLUDING DEFUNDING POLICE. BUT THERE IS ALSO A SPIRITUAL
DIMENSION. ONE OF THE MOST FRIGHTENING WORDS IN SCRIPTURE IS “AND GOD GAVE THEM OVER.” IS
THE REAL PROBLEM THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US OVER FOR OUR PRESUMPTUOUS SINS? THE REAL SOLUTION
TO THIS PROBLEM IS REPENTANCE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
