249 AND COUNTING – WILL WE LAST?

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 4, 2025

     AMERICA IS OFFICIALLY 249 YEARS OLD TODAY. THAT’S A BLIP ON THE HISTORICAL TIMELINE COMPARED TO CHINA, EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA AND ALL OF EUROPE. STILL, WE ARE A UNIQUE NATION BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH AMERICA WAS BUILT.

     “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT,” WROTE THOMAS JEFFERSON. TODAY WE SEEM TO BE OPERATING ON THE RHETORICAL QUESTION OF PONTIUS PILATE: “WHAT IS TRUTH?” ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL AND “ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIFGHTS”? AS AMERICA AND THE WEST GROW INCREASINGLY SECULAR TOO MANY OF US HAVE TURNED OUR FACES AGAINST OUR CREATOR AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE HE GAVE US. THE ABORTION PILL IS NOW AVAILABLE BY MAIL WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. AND HOMOSEXUALITY IS PARADED IN THE STREETS UNDER THE BANNER OF PRIDE. SOMEONE SHOULD TELL THEM THAT PRIDE GOES BEFORE THE FALL.

     STILL, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS WE HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE, EVEN FLOURISH, AS A NATION. GOD IS PATIENT, BUT HIS PATIENCE DOES NOT LAST FOREVER. THE SEEDS WE ARE SOWING HAVE UNDERMINED OTHER NATIONS. WILL WE MAKE IT TO 250 YEARS? AND BEYOND? ONLY TIME AND GOD WILL TELL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA. 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.