Cal Thomas
Once upon a time in another America By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The Wall Street Journal, which is generally considered conservative when it comes to economic issues, published a front-page story last Monday with this headline: “Coronavirus Means the Era of Big Government Is Back.” Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff for President Obama…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 30, 2020 SO, HILLARY CLINTON HAS ENDORSED JOE BIDEN SHORTLY AFTER A WOMAN NAMED TARA READE CAME FORWARD TO ALLEGED BIDEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AND RAPED HER WITH HIS FINGERS. THE MEDIA TRIED TO SUPPRESS READE’S STORY, EVEN WHEN IT WAS CORROBORATED BY RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, BUT NOW IT’S…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 29, 2020 EACH NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO BED I READ FROM THAT DAY’S CALENDAR PROVIDED BY THE BILLY GRAHAM ORGANIZATION. MONDAY’S WAS SO PROFOUND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU: “IN A SOCIETY OF UNREDEEMED PEOPLE, DEMOCRACY IS THE ONLY FAIR AND EQUITABLE SYSTEM. BUT NO DEMOCRACY CAN…
Read MoreThen and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Getting my parents and grandparents to talk about their experiences during the Great Depression and World War II was always difficult. They lived in the pre-Dr. Phil generation before people went public with their deepest thoughts. I have been thinking how they might have responded to…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 28, 2020 WHOEVER DECIDED PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD NOT DOMINATE THOSE DAILY PRESS BRIEFINGS ON THE VIRUS MADE A WISE DECISION. THEY HAVE BECOME MORE ABOUT HIM THAN THE VIRUS AS HE ENGAGES IN COMBAT AND NAME CALLING WITH REPORTERS. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, WHO HEADS THE TASK FORCE, SHOULD…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTART APRIL 24, 2020 THIS WILL NOT COME AS BREAKING NEWS TO ANYONE, BUT IT SHOULD FORCE US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. RESULTS FROM THE 2018 NATIONWIDE SURVERY OF WHAT AND HOW AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS ARE BEING TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE IN. THE FIGURES ARE DEPRESSING, AS THEY HAVE BEEN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FOR APRIL 23, 2020 HARVARD COLLEGE IS AMERICA’S OLDEST SCHOOL OF HIGHER LEARNING. IT’S MOTTO IS “VERITAS,” OR TRUTH. BUT IT IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER HARVARD WAS TELLING THE TRUTH WHEN IT CLAIMED TO NEED STIMULUS MONEY, MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO SMALL BUSINESSES. THE SCHOOL RECEIVED $8.6 MILLION. PRESIDENT…
Read MoreThe Acela media By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has coined a new phrase: “the Acela media.” His reference was to the high-speed AMTRAK train that travels between Washington, D.C., and Boston. DeSantis was indirectly criticizing the major media that have headquarters along that corridor, media that largely decides what…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 22,2020 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING ALL IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.. HE SAID IT’S BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS AND TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS, WHICH DON’T REALLY EXIST AT THE MOMENT DUE TO SO MANY HAVING BEEN FURLOUGHED OR ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED. THIRTEEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE…
Read MoreLiberate America By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “…the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (from the First Amendment) Conservatives are mostly a passive lot, expressing their frustrations and anger over ideas they oppose by listening to or watching Fox News, talk radio, or…
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