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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 30, 2019 DAVID FRENCH IS A WRITER FOR NATIONAL REVIEW. RECENTLY HE WROTE A COMMENTARY CRITICIZING FRANKLIN GRAHAM FOR HIS UNQUALIFIED SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. FRENCH NOTED THAT GRAHAM WAS SEVERLY CRITICAL OF BILL CLINTON’S ADULTERIES, BUT NOW SAYS IT’S TRUMP’S POLICIES, NOT HIS CHARACTER THAT MATTER. FRENCH BELIEVES SUCH UNCRITICAL…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 26, 2019 NOW THERE ARE 20. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED BY VIDEO YESTERDAY HE IS AGAIN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. TWICE BEFORE HE RAN AND HE NEVER MADE IT THROUGH THE EARLY PRIMARIES. HE WILL HAVE AN EVEN TOUGHER TIME NOW, THOUGH THE MEDIA WILL HELP. EVEN BARACK OBAMA WON’T…
Read MoreIn defense of Kate Smith By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The long arm of the PC police has reached back to the ’30s and arrested, prosecuted and sentenced the late singer Kate Smith. Smith, who popularized Irving Berlin’s song “God Bless America” and was a female pioneer in early television, recorded songs that today…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 25, 2019 CAN THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, WHICH HAS 18 MONTHS TO GO, GET ANY STRANGER? PROBABLY. THE 20THDEMOCRAT TO ENTER THE RACE IS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. WHAT HE WILL BRING THAT THE OTHER 19 DON’T BRING REMAINS TO BE SEEN. THE OTHERS ARE IN A BIDDING WAR TO OUT-PROMISE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 24, 2019 A FRIEND OF MINE, HARRY COVERT, HAS WRITTEN ABOUT HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE LATE SINGER KATE SMITH. HE RECALLS WATCHING HER ON HIS BLACK AND WHITE TV AND LATER HEARING HER SING “GOD BLESS AMERICA.” THE SHOW WAS INTERRUPTED BY A NEWS BULLETIN. A GROUP OF PUERTO RICANS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 23, 2019 THE ATTACK ON EASTER SUNDAY IN SRI LANKA AGAINST CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND 5-STAR HOTELS KILLED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE AND INJURED HUNDREDS MORE. IT WAS COORDINATED AND NEWS REPORTS SAY OFFICIALS WERE WARNED IT WAS COMING TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE. SO WHY WAS NO PREVENTIVE ACTION TAKEN? INCREASINGLY, CHRISTIANS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 22, 2019 THE REPORT BY SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER WILL NOT BE THE END OF THE ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP. THIS ATTEMPTED COUP WHICH BEGAN EVEN BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION WILL CONTINUE IN THE MAJOR MEDIA AND AMONG DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS WHO HAVE NOTHING ELSE. NOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN…
Read MoreThe exception that is Costa Rica By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency LIBERIA, Costa Rica — In the ongoing U.S. debate about immigration, the Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala are mainly in the news because many of those crossing our border from Mexico are from these nations. Why isn’t Costa Rica experiencing…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL17, 2019 TODAY IS THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY SYNDICATED COLUMN. WHEN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES SYNDICATE INVITED ME TO BEGIN A COLUMN IT WAS AFTER A LENGTHY CONVERSATION THAT ENDED WITH ONE OF THE DECIDERS ASKING IF I WERE A CHRISTIAN. I HAD PRAYED THAT MORNING THAT GOD WOULD OPEN THIS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 18, 2019 YOU COULDN’T HAVE MISSED THE PICTURE. IT WAS POWERFUL AND ICONIC. IT MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF MANY NEWSPAPERS AND WEBSITES. IN THE TRAGIC BURNING OF NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IN PARIS, THERE IT WAS, RISING ABOVE THE ASHES, SEEMING TO EMIT A LIGHT OF ITS OWN. IT…
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