Cal Thomas
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 17, 2020 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO ADJOURN CONGRESS BECAUSE OF ITS FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABOUT 100 OF HIS NOMINEES TO HIGH POSITIONS. AT WEDNESDAY’S WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING, THE PRESIDENT SAID HE HAS BEEN HAMSTRUNG BY THE LACK OF PERSONNEL BECAUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD UP HIS NOMINEES. WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE…
Read MoreObama (finally) endorses Biden By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It isn’t like Joe Biden was former President Barack Obama’s first choice for president. Obama’s video endorsement of Biden on Tuesday came after every other candidate had pulled out. He even waited for Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign to endorse Biden. The “moderate” Obama…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 16, 2020 TO OPEN OR NOT TO OPEN, THAT IS THE QUESTION, WITH A NOD TO SHAKESPEARE. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE QUESTION NOW BEING PONDERED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE NATIONS’ GOVERNORS. OPEN TOO SOON AND THE VIRUS COULD COME ROARING BACK, EVEN THOUGH NEW CASES ARE IN DECLINE.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 15, 2020 THE COUNTRY IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO RE-OPENING, BUT WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? ON MONDAY, THE GOVERNORS OF NEW ENGLAND STATES – ALL DEMOCRATS – ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO STRATEGIZE RE-OPENING THEIR STATES FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. PRESIDENT TRUMP COUNTERED THAT HE…
Read MoreA virus ‘side effect’: Homeschooling By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced public schools will be closed for the rest of the academic year due to the coronavirus. More mayors and governors will likely make similar announcements, if they have not already done so. Rather than look…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 14, 2020 THE POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT IS SOMETHING OUR FOUNDERS WANTED RESTRAINED. CONSIDER THAT POWER NOW DISPLAYED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIALIZED MONDAY: “AMERICANS BY AND LARGE HAVE WILLINGLY OBEYED THE GOVERNMENT’S SHELTER-IN-PLACE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERS, BUT THAT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 13, 2020 A PASTOR FRIEND TELLS ME DONATIONS TO HIS LARGE CHURCH ARE DOWN 40 PERCENT BECAUSE OF THE CORONOVIRUS AND THE NECESSITY OF WORSHIPPING VIA VIDEO, INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE BUILDING. I CAN IDENTIFY. DONATIONS TO VALUES THROUGH MEDIA, WHICH SUPPORT THESE COMMENTARIES AND OTHER OUTREACH EFFORTS,…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 10, 2020 TODAY IS GOOD FRIDAY, THE DAY CHRISTIANS REMEMBER THE TERRIBLE PRICE JESUS OF NAZARETH PAID FOR OUR SINS ON THE CROSS. BLEEDING AND DYING HE REMOVED THE STAIN FROM US. THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT DISTRACT US FROM THAT MOST SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN HISTORY, FOLLOWED SUNDAY BY…
Read MoreJoe Biden calling By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency After weeks of criticizing President Trump for not “doing enough” in the fight against the Covid-19 virus and suggesting the president take actions he had already taken, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden picked up the phone and called the White House. Given his confusion about…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 9, 2020 THE LEFT IS IN AN UPROAR BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FIRED ONE OF MANY INSPECTORS GENERAL WHO WAS GOING TO OVERSEE THE SPENDING OF THE TWO TRILLION AID PACKAGE PASSED BY CONGRESS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OVERSIGHT THERE ALREADY IS? HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYS…
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