Cal Thomas
Trump channels George McGovern By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The year was 1972 and Americans wanted out of the Vietnam War; the right because it was not being won and the left because of the increasing body count and lies from generals and politicians about “progress” toward defeating the communists. Democratic presidential candidate George…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 10, 2019 DID YOU HEAR THE ONE ABOUT SENATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN? IN ADDITION TO HER FAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT HAVING INDIAN HERITAGE, SHE ONCE TOLD REPORTERS SHE HAD PICTURES OF HERSELF AND HER FAMILY THAT WOULD PROVE IT. BUT, SHE SAID, SHE WOULD NOT SHOW THEM. SHE HAS ALSO…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 11, 2019 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PREVENTED THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE EUROPEAN UNION, GORDON SONDLAND, FROM APPEARING BEFORE ADAM SCHIFF’S INQUISITION, UH, COMMITTEE. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT’S BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE PRESIDING OVER A “KANGAROO COURT.” AMBASSADOR SONDLAND SAID HE WAS IN WASHINGTON AND PREPARED TO TESTIFY IN A CLOSED-DOOR SESSION ABOUT…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 14, 2019 YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION CAVING TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. IT IS ABOUT BEIJING’S CRITICISM OF A TEAM OWNER WHO TWEETED HIS SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG FREEDOM PROTESTORS. FUNNY THAT THE NBA ATTACKED THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR ENACTING LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRED TRANSGENDER PEOPLE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 9, 2019 DON’T YOU GROW TIRED OF IT ALL AFTER A WHILE? I KNOW I DO, THOUGH I HAVE TO WRITE AND COMMENTATE ABOUT IT. I’M TALKING, OF COURSE, ABOUT THE RIDICULOUS POWER GAMES THAT ARE PLAYED IN WASHINGTON. WHAT IS BEING DONE BY THE DEMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA TO PRESIDENT…
Read MoreDemocrats’ Twilight Zone By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency A 1961 “Twilight Zone” episode starred Peter Falk as a Central American revolutionary whose paranoia eventually leads to his destruction. The dictator he has deposed tells him about a mirror given to him by “an old woman,” a mirror that will show him who’s plotting to…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 8, 2019 THE PHRASE “DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS” APPLIES TO WHAT THE LEFT IS TRYING TO DO TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE LATEST (BUT SURELY NOT THE LAST) CUT IS A LAWYER FOR THE SO-CALLED “WHISTLEBLOWER” WHO SAID ON ABC LAST SUNDAY HE IS REPRESENTING A SECOND WHISTEBLOWER. THAT PERSON, HE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 7, 2019 “FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS,” GOES THE OLD SAYING. BUT WHAT IF WE CAN’T AGREE ON WHAT IS FACTUAL? THAT’S WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, WHICH IS NOTHING MORE THAN THE LATEST ASSAULT ON THE PRESIDENCY OF DONALD TRUMP. UKRAINE HAS ANNOUNCED IT IS TAKING ANOTHER LOOK…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 4, 2019 THE NEW YORK TIMES IS NOT MY FAVORITE SOURCE FOR NEWS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY STUMBLE ON REAL JOURNALISM. ON WEDNESDAY, THE PAPER REPORTED THAT THE SO-CALLED WHISTLE BLOWER SPOKE TO A STAFF MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE BEFORE HIS COMPLAINT WAS RELEASED BY CHAIRMAN ADAM SCHIFF. WHAT WOULD…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 3, 2019 IF EVER THERE WAS A FIGURE THAT SUMMARIZES THE PROBLEM WITH A LARGE FEDERAL GOVENRMENT, THIS IS IT. CNS NEWS REPORTS THAT AMERICANS ON AVERAGE SPENT MORE ON TAXES IN 2018 THAN THEY DID ON BASIC NECESSITIES SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING AND HEALTH CARE COMBINED. THE FIGURES ARE FROM…
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