Cal Thomas
Another day older and deeper in debt By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports the American government will soon reach a debt level equaling its entire gross domestic product. It will be the largest since 1945, the year World War II ended. The pandemic is partially responsible, but it is…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DEPTEMBER 7, 2020 LABOR DAY SEEMS A GOOD TIME FOR THIS STORY. YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI, GETTING HER HAIR DONE IN A SAN FRANCISCO SALON THAT OFFICIALS HAD ORDERED CLOSED. SHE IS NOT WEARING A MASK. IT’S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW POLITICIANS MAKE RULES…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 WHEN YOU THINK OF AMERICA, DO YOU BELIEVE IT TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL NATION? MOST PEOPLE DO, EXCEPT YOU MAY RECALL BARACK OBAMA DIDN’T. AND NEITHER DO A GROWING NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BLUE – OR MAJORITY DEMOCRAT – STATES. EDUCATION OFFICIALS IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 IF YOU’RE MAKING A LIST OF THE DUMBEST IDEAS IN HISTORY, PUT THIS ONE AT OR NEAR THE TOP. D.C. MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER WANTS TO REMOVE, RELOCATE OR “CONTEXTUALIZE” WASHINGTON’S MOST FAMOUS MEMORIALS TO OUR GREATEST LEADERS. THESE INCLUDE THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, JEFFERSON MEMORIAL AND STATUES TO…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY HAS HIRED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO INVESTIGATE THE TENURE OF ITS FORMER PRESIDENT, JERRY FALWELL, JUNIOR. THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL NECESSARY STEPS THE WORLD’S LARGEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERTSITY MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO RESTORE CREDIBILITY TO A VERY GOOD SCHOOL. IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 THE CONTINUING RIOTS IN CITIES LIKE PORTLAND CAN BE BLAMED ON MANY FACTORS. THESE INCLUDE THE SELF-PROCLAIMED MARXIST GROUP BLACK LIVES MATTER, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OUST PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE, THE MAJOR MEDIA, WHICH CONSTANTLY BROADCASTS PICTURES OF THE RIOTING BECAUSE IT MAKES FOR GOOD RATINGS, AND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY August 31, 2020 IN ACCEPTING HIS PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND TERM THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO COUNTER THE NEGATIVITY OF THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION WHEN HE SAID: “Our opponents believe that America is a depraved nation. We want our sons and daughters to know the truth.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 28, 2020 THE TWO POLITICAL CONVENTIONS – SUCH AS THEY WERE – ARE OVER. BOTH PARTIES NOMINATED THEIR CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. SPEAKERS AT EACH PARTY’S VIRTUAL CONVENTION SLAMMED THE OTHER PARTY AND ITS LEADERS AS UNABLE TO LEAD AMERICA. NOTHING NEW THERE. THEY’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR…
Read MoreDisproving a negative By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Labeling another person has become a popular political pastime. The intent is to use a label that is impossible to disprove no matter the amount of contrary evidence. Perhaps the worst label one can attach to another person is “racist.” How does one disprove that? The…
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