Cal Thomas
Apollo 11 at 50 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency You had to be there 50 years ago, and I was. As a young reporter for a local TV station in Houston, I frequently visited NASA (“the space base,” we dubbed it), met many of the astronauts and reported on their exploits. Along with people…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 16, 2019 PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOUR LIBERAL CONGRESSWOMEN TO “GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM” IN RESPONSE TO THEIR CONSTANT CRITICISM OF HIM AND THEIR FREQUENT ANTI-AMERICAN AND SELF-SERVING STATEMENTS. ONE OF THEM, REPRESENTATIVE RASHIDA TLAIB OF MICHIGAN, CAN BE SEEN IN A VIDEO URGING THE MUSLIMIZATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 15, 2019 SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI HAS URGED ALIENS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY TO “RESIST” WHAT SHE CALLS “BRUTAL” DEPORTATION RAIDS SHOULD PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDER THEM. SHE AND THE REST OF HER LEFT-WING COHORTS ARE AIDING AND ABETTING LAWBREAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY BY JUDGES AFTER THE ALIENS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 12, 2019 THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRAT ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE ABOUT TO GO INTO HYPER DRIVE. IF YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE BAD NOW, WAIT UNTIL FALL WHEN PEOPLE ARE BACK FROM SUMMER VACATIONS AND SCHOOL STARTS. WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE PRESIDENT’S CHARACTER, LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR, HIS POLICIES ARE WORKING.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 11, 2019 ‘WHERE DID ALL THE FAITH GO?” IS THE HEADLINE IN AN OPINION PIECE IN YESTERDAY’S WALL STREET JOURNAL. SEVERAL PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLUMN, INCUDING ROBERT MILLER OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. HE WRITES: “THE AMERICAN CLERICAL ESTABLISHMENT HAS FOR YEARS PRIORITIZED SOCIAL JUSTICE AT THE EXPENSE OF CUSTOMARY RELIGIOUS…
Read MoreCensoring the census By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The notion of history repeating itself is usually viewed as a negative statement, but some history is worth repeating because we might learn and be guided by it. In last week’s 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court rejecting the Trump administration’s claim that adding a question…
Read MoreHungary’s sound immigration policy By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Two summers ago on a visit to Budapest, I asked the spokesman for the Hungarian government about the growing problem of migrants coming into Europe. He told me Hungary doesn’t have a migrant problem because they don’t have welfare programs. So, he said, migrants continue…
Read MoreNot a ‘total loser’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vermont — Rep. Justin Amash has left the Republican Party and will now represent Michigan’s third congressional district as an Independent. In a Washington Postop-ed, he wrote: “I’ve become disenchanted with party politics and frightened by what I see from it. The two-party system…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 10, 2019 THERE IS GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE LATEST WASHINGTON POST-ABC NEWS POLL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE PRESIDENT’S APPROVAL RATING HAS RISEN TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF HIS PRESIDENCY. 44 PERCENT APPROVE OF HIS PRESIDENCY, UP FROM 39 PERCENT IN APRIL. THE BAD…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 8, 2019 IT TURNED OUT LAST WEEK’S JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION IN WASHINGTON WASN’T AS BAD AS CRITICS FORECAST. IN FACT, IT WASN’T BAD AT ALL. IT WASN’T A POLITICAL STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA AND NAMES AND PROFESSIONS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR GREATNESS. OTHER MODERN PRESIDENTS,…
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