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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 SENATOR BEN SASSE, A NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN, GAVE HIS COLLEAGUES AND THE NATION A CIVICS LESSON ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF BRETT KAVANAUGH FOR THE SUPREME COURT. SASSE CHASTIZED CONGRESS FOR FAILING TO DO ITS JOB. HE SAID SUPREME COURT NOMINEES HAVE…
Read MoreBipartisanship or caving in? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Bipartisanship or caving in? In the days following the death of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), there have been mournful cries lamenting the lack of bipartisanship for which his eulogizers and friends claim he stood. Dictionary.com defines bipartisan this way: “representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions.” If…
Read MoreEminently qualified Kavanaugh facing hostile Democrats By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Since Robert Bork’s “borking” 30 years ago, Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for a high court nominee by a Republican president have become predictable. Democrats, who favor a “living Constitution,” meaning whatever they think the founding document ought to say, are pitted against “originalists,”…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 LAST WEEKEND’S FUNERALS FOR SINGER ARETHA FRANKLIN AND SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN WERE POLLUTED BY ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP. COMMENTS AT THE MCCAIN FUNERAL WERE PREDICTABLE BECAUSE OF THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE SENATOR. WHAT HAPPENED TO TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK? AT THE EIGHT-HOUR FUNERAL FOR…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS RESCINDED A SCHEDULED PAY RAISE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES NEXT YEAR, SAYING THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T AFFORD IT. HE ALSO CALLED FOR A MERIT-PAY SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD MEAN NO AUTOMATIC PAY INCREASES. THAT’S A GOOD IDEA. IT’S WHAT BUSINESSES DO. NATURALLY THE PARTY OF GOVERNMENT OPPOSES HIS MOVE.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 31, 2018 WHILE VARIOUS IGNORANT PEOPLE WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY ARE BUSY TEARING DOWN STATUES OF PEOPLE WHO DON’T FIT THEIR IDEOLOGY, THEY ARE IGNORING ONE SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE IN WASHINGTON. IT IS THE RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, NAMED FOR THE LATE GEORGIA DEMOCRAT SENATOR RICHARD RUSSELL. YES, RUSSELL WAS A…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 IT’S LABOR DAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, OR WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN. WHAT IT MEANS TO THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THE MEDIA IS JUST TWO MONTHS NOW UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE LEFT AND THE MEDIA WILL TURN UP THE HEAT IN HOPES OF GETTING…
Read MoreThe Catholic Church sex abuse scandal By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Sexual scandals and inappropriate behavior are as old as the Bible. I give you (1 Corinthians 5:1) in which Paul writes: “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 30, 2018 HERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI TO REDEEM THEMSELVES AFTER THE FIASCO INVOLVING RUSSIAN HACKING, ALLEGED COLLUSION AND THE STILL MISSING HILLARY CLINTON EMAILS WITH CLASSIFIED MATERIAL IN THEM. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CALLED ON JUSTICE AND THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE CHINESE HACKING OF HILLARY’S SERVERS.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 29, 2018 NOTHING ESCAPES THE TRUMP HATERS, NOT EVEN HOW THE AMERICAN FLAG IS FLOWN AFTER THE DEATH OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN. THE CRITICS COMPLAINED WHEN THE PRESIDENT ORDERED THE FLAG LOWERED TO HALF STAFF FOR ONLY TWO DAYS FOLLOWING MCCAIN’S DEATH. THEY IGNORED THE LAW, WHICH LISTS THE POSITIONING OF…
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