WHO IS GUILTY OF DISTRACTION: A MORAL LESSON

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

     WHO IS GUILTY OF DISTRACTION IS TODAY’S QUESTION? DEMOCRATS CLAIM PRESIDENT TRUMP IS USING THE NATIONAL GUARD IN D.C. AND THREATENING TO SEND THEM TO OTHER CITIES WITH HIGH CRIME RUN BY DEMOCRATS TO DISTRACT FROM THE CONVICTED SEX ABUSER, JEFFREY EPSTEIN. REPUBLICANS SAY DEMOCRATS ARE USING THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED EPSTEIN BIRTHDAY BOOK TO DISTRACT FROM CRIME. THE BOOK CLAIMS TO HAVE A GREETING FROM DONLD TRUMP WITH WHAT THEY SAY IS AN OUTLINE OF A WOMAN’S BODY. THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINED THE LATEST STORY: “IN EPSTEIN’S ‘BIRTHDAY BOOK.’ A CELEBRATION OF HIS LECHEROUS EXPLOITS.”

     YOU SAY THE NEW YORK TIMES IS A LIBERAL PAPER THAT CAN’T BE TRUSTED AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE DENIES TRUMP SENT THE CARD CLAIMS ITS FAKE. MAYBE THEY ARE RIGHT, BUT THERE IS A LESSON TO BE FOUND IN THIS. IT’S IN FIRST CORINTHIANS 15:33: “BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD MORALS.”

     IF YOU HAVE GOOD CHARACTER AND HIGH MORAL STANDARDS NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE ENGAGED IN THE BEHAVIOR OF WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ACCUSED. BUT IF YOU DON’T, THEN PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THE ACCUSATIONS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.  GUARD YOUR HEART. I’M CAL THOMAS.

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Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated newspaper columnist. He has worked for NBCV News, KPRC-TV in Houston and Fox News. 2024 marks his 40th year as a columnist.