CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
IF YOU HAVE JUST SENT YOUR CHILD OR GRANDCHILD OFF TO COLLEGE AND PAID THOSE INCREASING TUITIONS AND FEES, I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS THE JOB MARKET LOOKS GOOD EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WORKERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 22 AND 34 WHO HAVE NEVER GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE HAS RARELY BEEN LOWER IN THE PAST TWO DECADES.
AND YET, AS POLLSTERS MARK PENN AND ANDREW STEIN WRITE IN THE JOURNAL, “THE SHARE OF 18-24-YEAR-OLDS WHO ATTEND COLLEGE HAS INCREASED BY ROUGHLY HALF SINCE 1969. IT SEEMS OUR INSTITUTIONS Of HIGHER LEARNING ARE BUSY PRODUCING THE DUMBEST GENERATION—ONE THAT SUCCUMBS EASILY TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA SIRENS CHAMPIONING SOCIALISM WHILE IN REALITY THEY YEARN FOR THE SAME OLD ELEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM THEIR PARENTS WANTED – OWNING A HOME, GETTING PAID WELL FOR GOOD WORK, AND MAYBE STARTING A BUSINESS.”
SO, UNLESS THE STUDENT IS IN MEDICAL OR LAW SCHOOL – AND BE CAREFUL WHICH LAW SCHOOL – COLLEGE DEGREES IN MAJORS SUCH AS WOMEN’S STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY AREN’T LIKELY TO RESULT IN A GOOD JOB. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I’M CAL THOMAS
