Cal Thomas
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 21, 2019 “THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN,” WRITES SOLOMON IN ECCLESIASTES. HE MIGHT HAVE LAUGHED AT THIS STORY AND SAID, “I TOLD YOU SO.” THE YEAR WAS 1989. A SENIOR UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIAL PREDICTED ENTIRE NATIONS COULD BE WIPED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH BY RISING SEA LEVELS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 20, 2019 PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE A RARE APPARANCE AT A CHURCH SUNDAY. IT WAS ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE SERMON, BUT IT PROBABLY WAS NOT BASED ON “A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH.” BEFORE AND AFTER CHURCH THE PRESIDENT INDULGED IN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 19, 2019 WHAT IS THE ONE THING ALL THE ANNOUNCED DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAVE IN COMMON? I’M NOT TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT – HIGHER TAXES, MORE SPENDING, INCREASED REGULATION, UNRESTRICTED ABORTION, LIBERAL JUDGES, AND LGBTQ RIGHTS. THOSE ARE GIVENS. WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT IS FREEDOM — INDIVIDUAL…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 18, 2019 THE MURDER OF AT LEAST 49 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING OF NEARLY THAT MANY OTHERS IN A MOSQUE IN CHRIST CHURCH NEW ZELAND LAST FRIDAY WAS A TERRORIST ACT. TERRORISM IS TERRORISM NO MATTER WHO COMMITS IT, AND NO MATTER THE REASON. THE ACCUSED SHOOTER, AN AUSTRALIAN MAN WHO LIVE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 15, 2019 MARCH 15 IS KNOWN AS THE IDES OF MARCH, A PHRASE USED BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN THE DRAMATIC MOMENT WHEN BRUTUS STABBED JULIUS CAESAR ON THAT DAY. THAT WASN’T ITS INITIAL MEANING – LOOK IT UP – BUT IT SERVES FOR TODAY’S COMMENTARY. BEWARE THE POLITICIAN WHO PROMISES YOU…
Read MoreWhy socialism fails By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency One of the rotten fruits produced by what passes for today’s American education system is the ignorance some young people have about socialism. According to a new Harris Pollgiven exclusively to Axios, the news and information website, Generation Z (comprised of those bornin 1995 or later),“has a more…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 14, 2019 FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED AND ARE CHARGING MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE WITH AN ELABORATE SCAM INVOLVING SPECIAL TREATMENT AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CIRCUMVENT COLLEGE ADMISSION STANDARDS AT SEVERAL ELITE UNIVERSITIES. THE ACCUSED INCLUDE TWO PROMINENT TV ACTRESSES. SOME OF THE STUDENTS WERE PLACED ON SPORTS TEAMS WITHOUT THE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 13, 2019 SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYS SHE’S NOT FOR IMPEACHING PRESIDENT TRUMP. IMPEACHMENT, SHE SAYS, WOULD DIVIDE THE COUNTRY UNLESS IT IS BIPARTISAN AND EVIDENCE COMES TO LIGHT THAT IS SO EGREGIOUS IT CAN’T BE IGNORED. THE LEFT WING IS UPSET WITH HER. THEY CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR’S ELECTION AS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 12, 2019 SHE’S AT IT AGAIN. EVERY DAY REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SAYS SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT AMERICA AND ITS ECONOMY. OVER THE WEEKEND AT A CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, OCASIO- CORTEZ CALLED CAPITALISM “IRREDEEMABLE.” THE SELF-DESCRIBED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST SAID CAPITALISM VALUES PROFIT OVER PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT SHE DOESN’T…
Read MoreThe Democrats’ Jewish problem By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) comment that the influence of the Israeli lobby in Washington pushes lawmakers to take a pledge of “allegiance to a foreign country” was bad enough. A watered-down House resolution condemning, not Omar, but “all hatred” was as tepid as denouncing drunk driving. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the…
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