Cal Thomas
Gambling on sports is a bad bet By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “I am shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here.” — Captain Renault, “Casablanca” Human nature being what it is it should come as no shock that the next level of approved gambling in America is sports betting. States…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 23, 2018 WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THE LATEST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS THAT HASN’T BEEN SAID BEFORE? THE SCENARIOS ARE FAMILIAR. THE LEFT DEMANDS MORE GUN LAWS, NEVER SAYING HOW OR WHY A NEW LAW WOULD SUDDENLY RESULT IN A LAWBREAKER OBEYING IT. THE RIGHT DEFENDS THE SECOND AMENDMENT. …
Read MoreThe GOP’s fear factor By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” he could not have foreseen today’s Republican Party. A bill authored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that would require the federal government to balance the budget each year…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 24, 2018 PROFESSOR BERNARD LEWIS, WHO DIED LAST WEEK, WAS AN EXPERT ON ISLAM AND ITS GOALS. IN A 1976 ARTICLE IN COMMENTARY MAGAZINE, LEWIS WROTE THIS: “…Islam from its inception is a religion of power, and in the Muslim worldview it is right and proper that power should…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 21,2018 PERHAPS YOU’VE HEARD THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN IN A RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY LAST MONTH. IT’S BEEN THAT WAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE MONEY, OF COURSE, COMES FROM INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS, CORPORATIONS, FEES, HIDDEN TAXES, ETC. IN OTHER WORDS IT COMES FROM US. PRESIDENT TRUMP…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018 IT’S COMMENCEMENT SEASON AT AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, DON’T YOU? IT MEANS LIBERAL COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS. AND WHY NOT? THEY ARE THE PERFECT CAPSTONE TO FOUR OR MORE YEARS OF POLITICALLY CORRECT, LIBERAL INSTRUCTION. AT MY ALMA MATER, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY…
Read MoreThe coarsening of political language By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency CANBERRA, Australia — Here in Australia, “Question Time” has long been one of my favorite exercises of parliamentary democracy. The prime minister and government ministers appear before other elected members in support of their policies, while the opposition asks pointed and sometimes funny questions…
Read MoreThe bitterness tour By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency MELBOURNE, Australia — When you hear “world tour” you usually think of superstars performing concerts in various cities for adoring fans. Not so with the presidentially deprived, entitlement-driven Hillary Clinton. Last week, Hillary Clinton came to Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, and to Sydney, its largest,…
Read MoreThe coarsening of political language By Cal ThomasTribune Content Agency CANBERRA, Australia — Here in Australia, “Question Time” has long been one of my favorite exercises of parliamentary democracy. The prime minister and government ministers appear before other elected members in support of their policies, while the opposition asks pointed and sometimes funny questions in…
Read MoreThe bitterness tour By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency MELBOURNE, Australia — When you hear “world tour” you usually think of superstars performing concerts in various cities for adoring fans. Not so with the presidentially deprived, entitlement-driven Hillary Clinton. Last week, Hillary Clinton came to Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, and to Sydney, its largest,…
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