Cal Thomas
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 8, 2020 WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT YOU DID NOT, OR COULD NOT, DO BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK? WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER UNIMPORTANT NOW THAT YOU CONSIDERED IMPORTANT BEFORE? THESE ARE QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING BEFORE A RETURN TO NORMALCY, WHATEVER NORMALCY WILL LOOK LIKE. I SUSPECT IT WILL NOT LOOK LIKE…
Read MoreNegative vs. positive By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.” (Proverbs 17:22 NLT) Everywhere you look — from newspaper headlines, to TV “alerts,” to those too-long White House briefings, to people wearing masks in public places, there is hardly any news that…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 7, 2020 HE’S CALLED “THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER” IN A WASHINGTON POST OPINION PIECE BY ANTI-TRUMP COLUMNIST MAX BOOT WHO PICKS THE CORONAVIRUS AS THE MAIN REASON FOR HIS JUDGMENT. BOOT NEVER CREDITED TRUMP DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION WHEN THINGS WERE GOING WELL, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 6, 2020 THIS WEEK IS REFERRED TO BY SOME AS HOLY WEEK, THE DAYS BETWEEN PALM SUNDAY, GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER MORNING. NONE OF US WILL BE OBSERVING AND CELEBRATING, ESPECIALLY EASTER, IN OUR CHURCHES BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY. …
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 2, 2020 PREDICTING THE FUTURE ABOUT ANYTHING IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT. IT’S FUN TO GO BACK IN HISTORY AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE FORECAST WOULD BE HAPPENING TODAY. IN ALMOST EVERY CASE THEY GOT IT WRONG. THESE COMPUTER MODELS SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS ARE PUTTING OUT MAY BE A MORE SOPHISTICATED FORM OF…
Read MoreSave the media! By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I confess to a certain self-interest in today’s column. The media, especially newspapers, are in trouble. Conservatives like myself have been relentless in attacking their collective bias over the years, but as more of them fold or reduce staff, it is crucial the institution be saved.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 1, 2020 I CALL TODAY “THE ATHIEST’S NATIONAL HOLIDAY” BECAUSE “THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART THERE IS NO GOD.” SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE ORIGIN OF APRIL FOOL’S DAY DATES BACK TO 1582, WHEN FRANCE SWITCHED FROM THE JULIAN CALENDAR TO THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR, AS CALLED FOR BY…
Read MoreThe dark hole of debt By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It is not cognitive dissonance — the impossibility of holding two or more contradictory beliefs simultaneously — to favor the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump while at the same time worrying about what the increasingnational debt (nearing $24 trillion…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 27, 2020 THE $2.2 TRILLION AID PACKAGE PASSED THE SENATE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE WHERE YOU CAN COUNT ON SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND OTHER DEMOCRATS AND PROBABLY SOME REPUBLICANS TO LOAD IT UP WITH EVEN MORE SPENDING. THE SENATE BILL WOULD SEND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 26, 2020 THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO MORE CRITICAL AND BIASED PRESS THAN ANY PRESIDENT SINCE RICHARD NIXON. AND A GOOD CASE COULD BE MADE THAT IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CASE IT IS MUCH WORSE. THAT HAS NOT BEEN REFLECTED IN POLLS, HOWEVER. MUCH…
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