CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 227, 2025
WE LEAVE IN AN ENTITLEMENT AGE WHERE TOO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY DESERVE WHAT OTHERS HAVE, WHETHER THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR IT, OR NOT.
THANKSGIVING IS MORE A NAME THESE DAYS, ESPECIALLY IT SEEMS AMONG MANY OF THE YOUNG WHO HAVE BEEN PAMPERED AND CONTRIBUTED LITTLE OTHER THAN TO PROTEST THINGS ABOUT WHICH THEY KNOW LITTLE OR NOTHING. NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE THE GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SIGNING UP AS MEMBERS OF TURNING POINT USA.
THANKSGIVING MUST HAVE SOMEONE TO RECEIVE OUR THANKS. THE PILGRIMS UNDERSTOOD THIS. SO DID ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHO ISSUED A PROCLAMATION ESTABLISHING THE LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD, BUT ALSO TO REPENT OF WHAT HE CALLED OUR NATIONAL SINS. IMAGINE A MODERN LEADER SAYING THAT.
WHY IS REPENTANCE SO DIFFICULT? IT’S BECAUSE WE ARE A PRIDEFUL PEOPLE, OR AS GOD CALLED THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES A “STIFF-NECKED” AND “REBELIOUS PEOPLE.” IT IS WHY PRIDE GOES BEFORE THE FALL. PRIDE LEADS TO ALL OTHER SINS.
SO GIVE THANKS TO GOD TODAY – AND EVERYDAY – AND DON’T FORGET THE REPENTANCE PART FOR OUR NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL SINS. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I’M CAL THOMAS.
