Cal Thomas
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 25, 2018 TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN TORONTO IN WHAT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE PROFILE IS SIMILAR TO OTHERS WE’VE SEEN IN RECENT MONTHS: RENTED WHITE VAN RUNS UP ON A SIDEWALK FULL OF PEDESTRIANS AND STARTS MOWING THEM DOWN, FOLLOWING AN ISIS PLAYBOOK. …
Read MoreFollowing Jesus, or following Trump? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” (Matthew 6:24) The verse refers to money, but in light of today’s debate about the unaccountable…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 24, 2018 THE MAN WITHOUT A GUN TOOK DOWN A MAN WITH A GUN AT A WAFFLE HOUSE IN ANTIOCH, TENNESSEE. 29-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS REINKING IS THE MAN POLICE SAY SHOT TO DEATH FOUR PEOPLE AND WOUNDED OTHERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE EATERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. JAMES SHAW LEAPED AT REINKING…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 19, 2018 YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT THE PASSING OF FORMER FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH AT 92. WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IS A CONVERSATION SHE AND HER SON, GEORGE W. BUSH, HAD A FEW SUMMERS AGO. IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 23, 2018 IS NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN PLAYING A GAME, OR IS HE SERIOUS? THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA SAYS KIM HAS GIVEN UP HIS DEMAND THAT ALL AMERICAN TROOPS BE REMOVED FROM SOUTH KOREA BEFORE ANY TALKS WITH THE U.S. CAN BEGIN. THERE ARE 28,500 AMERICAN TROOPS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 18, 2018 THESE DAYS IN WASHINGTON AND IN POLITICS GENERALLY IT’S EASY TO FORGET WHAT DECENCY, INTEGRITY AND KINDNESS LOOK LIKE. BARBARA BUSH, THE FORMER FIRST LADY AND MOTHER OF A PRESIDENT, EMBODIED THESE QUALITIES. HER LITERACY PROJECT CHANGED MANY LIVES. SOME MAY RECALL WASHINGTON REDSKINS PLAYER DEXTER MANLY. BARBARA BUSH’S…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 20, 2018 THERE WAS A TIME AND NOT THAT LONG AGO WHEN SOME PEOPLE FEARED WOMEN PILOTS. SOME MEN, ESPECIALLY, THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND NOTHING MORE. IF THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT WAY, THEIR FEARS SHOULD HAVE ENDED TUESDAY WHEN SOUTHWEST CAPTAIN TAMMIE JO…
Read MoreIs ‘Old-fashioned’ returning? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “It’s a modern changing world Everything is moving fast. But when it comes to love I like What they did in the past.” — The Everly Brothers, 1962 Call me old-fashioned — and I’ve been called worse — but do I sense the possible end to the…
Read MoreWelfare reform again By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When President Bill Clinton signed the welfare reform act in 1996, which he negotiated with then-Speaker Newt Gingrich, the left claimed people would starve. They didn’t. According to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, between 1996 and 2000, the employment rate for single mothers increased from 63 percent…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 17, 2018 HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THIS EXPERIEMENT: TAKE A GLASS OF WATER AND POUR ANOTHER LIQUID INTO THE GLASS. IF YOU KEEP POURING, THE WATER WILL BE REPLACED BY THAT OTHER LIQUID. I THOUGHT OF THAT ANALOGY IN ASSOCIATION WITH JESUS AND HIS CHURCH. SO MANY ON THE…
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