Cal Thomas
When government runs health careBy Cal ThomasTribune Content AgencyDUBLIN — “When would you like to schedule your knee replacement surgery?” asked my American doctor before I left for Ireland? I gave him a date that works for me (I’m calling it the result of an old basketball injury, not advancing age). His office scheduled it…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTE,BER 13, 2019 THERE WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION IN NORTH CAROLINA LAST TUESDAY. BOTH REPUBLICANS WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE ACCORDING TO POLLS AND THE MAJOR MEDIA WERE WAITING – EAGER – TO CLAIM THE LOSSES WOULD DEMONSTRATE THE WEAKNESS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SIGNAL HIS DEFEAT IN NEXT YEAR’S ELECTION. …
Read MoreDealing with the Taliban devil By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency PARIS — President Trump was right to cancel a “secret” meeting with leaders of the Taliban and the Afghan government following two bomb attacks by the terrorist group that killed 10 civilians, an American soldier and a Romanian service member in heavily fortified Kabul. The…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 TODAY IS THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES BY A GROUP OF ISLAMIC FANATICS. THE ENTIRE STORY HAS YET TO BE TOLD AS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT UNDER REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATIONS REFUSES TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT SHOW COMPLICITY BY SAUDI ARABIA IN THE ATTACKS.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 I SPENT LAST WEEKEND AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT IN NEW ROSS, COUNTY WEXFORD, IRELAND. IN ADDITION TO PANELS AND SPEECHES ABOUT IRISH POLITICS THERE WAS MUCH TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP – MOST OF IT NEGATIVE AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT – AND OF THE COMING U.S. ELECTION.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 LAST WEEK I WAS IN WEXFORD, IRELAND PARTICIPATING IN THE ANNUAL KENNEDY SUMMER SCHOOL EVENT WHICH FEATURED DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ON IRISH AND AMERICAN POLITICS. ONE OF THE DEBATES I WATCHED WAS BETWEEN ARCBISHOP EAMON MARTIN AND IRISH SENATOR IVANA BACIK, THE LATTER A SELF-DESCRIBED ATHEIST. THE…
Read MoreWill Democrats tax your retirement savings? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The late bank robber Willie “The Actor” Suttonis said to have been asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, to which he supposedly replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” In his autobiography, Sutton denied the quote, but it serves as a warning…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 HURRICANE DORIAN HAS SET A RECORD IN WHAT IS LIKELY THE STRONGEST KNOWN HURRICANE IN HISTORY. CERTAIN POLITICIANS ARE BLAMING PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT. IT’S BECAUSE HE HASN’T BOUGHT INTO THEIR CLIMATE CHANGE RELIGION AND DOESN’T WANT TO SPEND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THINGS THAT WON’T…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 THE FAST FOOD CHAIN CHIK-FIL-A HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF ATTACKS EVER SINCE TOP MANAGEMENT MADE ONE STATEMENT ABOUT MARRIAGE BEING BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. THAT THE COMPANY HIRES ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE DOESN’T MATTER TO THE FORCED COMPLIANCE CROWD. JUST A PERSONAL OPINION IS ENOUGH TO…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER SHOOTING. A MAN IN ODESSA, TEXAS WENT WILD AFTER BEING STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER AND SHOT AND KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE, WOUNDING 21 OTHERS. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING SO OFTEN IN AMERICA? THIS LATEST SHOOTING IS THE SECOND IN TEXAS IN A MONTH. THE EARLIER ONE WAS…
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