Cal Thomas
Disproving 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…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 27, 2020 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GOOD SPEAKERS AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITES WAS NICK SANDMANN. THE 18-YEAR-OLD CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CAME TO WASHINGTON TO EXERCISE HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN A PRO-LIFE MARCH. HE WAS CONFRONTED BY A PROFESSIONAL DEMONSTRATOR WHO CURSED AT HIM…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 26, 2020 THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS WEEK’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE ONE BY DEMOCRATS COULD NOT BE MORE STARK. LAST WEEK’S DNC PRE-RECORDED CONVENTION RESEMBLED A FUNERAL. IT WAS ABOUT AN AMERICA I DON’T KNOW. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, THE RICH ARE EVIL AND MUST PAY EVEN MORE TAXES. IT…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 25, 2020 AND NOW IT’S THE REPUBLICANS’ TURN. THEIR VIRTUAL CONVENTION OPENED LAST NIGHT AND UNLIKE THE DEMOCRATS CONVENTION – AND THERE IS SO MUCH THAT IS UNLIKE THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION — MANY OF THE GOP EVENTS WILL BE LIVE. THAT CONVEYS A CERTAIN SPONTANEITY THAT SHOULD WORK TO THEIR…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 24, 2020 THE DEMOCRAT VIRTUAL CONVENTION IS OVER AND TONIGHT REPUBLICANS GET THEIR TURN. IT’S BOUND TO BE A STARK CONTRAST FROM LAST WEEK’S DAILY DOSE OF GLOOM AND DOOM BY ONE DEMOCRAT AFTER ANOTHER. I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE THE COUNTRY I LIVE IN. ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC ACCEPTANCE…
Read MoreThe source of Republican problems By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In a new book about her grandfather, Dwight D, Eisenhower, titled “How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions,” Susan Eisenhower writes admiringly about Ike’s pursuit of what she calls “the middle way.” In a decision that still infects elements of the Republican…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTATRY AUGUST 21, 2020 A FRIEND WROTE ME TO DECRY ALL THE ANGER SHE SEES FROM PEOPLE CHECKING INTO HER VACATION HOTEL. PEOPLE COMING TO SPEND SOME TIME AWAY FROM HOME ARE ANGRY. YOU WOULD THINK IT MIGHT BE THE OPPOSITE. IN A RECENT INTERVIEW ABOUT MY LATEST BOOK “AMERICA’S EXPIRATION…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMENTARY AUGUST 20, 2020 IN DESCRIBING WHERE THE MODERN DEMOCRAT PARTY WANTS TO TAKE AMERICA, THE WASHINGTON POST, OF ALL PUBLICATIONS (I WON’T EVEN CALL IT A NEWSPAPER ANYMORE) – REFERRED TO IT AS A “FAR-LEFT” AGENDA. OCCASIONALLY THE POST WILL REFER TO SOMEONE AS A LIBERAL, BUT ONLY IN A GOOD…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 19, 2020 ONE OF THE MOST OFTEN ASKED QUESTIONS I GET IS “WHERE CAN I GO TO GET TRUTHFUL INFORMATION”? ANSWER: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. THE JOURNAL IS FAIR IN ITS NEWS COVERAGE. IT’S EDITORIALS AND COLUMNISTS ARE CONSERVATIVE ON MOST THINGS, BUT EVEN LIBERALS ARE WORTH READING BECAUSE…
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