Cal Thomas
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 18, 2018 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ORDER TO BOMB CHEMICAL WEAPONS TARGETS INSIDE SYRIA WITH THE HELP OF FRENCH AND BRITISH FORCES MAY HELP DISSUADE SYRIAN DICTATOR ASSAD FOR A TIME, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LONG RUN? EVIL IS NOT EASILY DETERRED. EVIL MUST BE DEFEATED. BESIDES, ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 16, 2018 THE JAMES COMEY BOOK IS OUT, IN CASE YOU’VE BEEN LIVING IN A CAVE AND HAVEN’T HEARD. COMEY LIKENS PRESIDENT TRUMP TO A MAFIA DON, SPECULATES HE MUST TAN HIMSELF BECAUSE OF THE WAY HIS FACE LOOKS UNDER HIS EYES, COMMENTS ON HIS HAIR AND CALLS HIM UNFIT…
Read MoreSearching and seizing By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 12, 2018 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH SYRIA, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE AGAIN BEEN USED AGAINST CIVILIANS IN AN ATTEMPT BY THE ASSAD REGIME TO WIN THE WAR GAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM WANT A DIFFERENT LEADER. REMEMBER THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS SECRETARY OF…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 11, 2018 IS THERE ANY DOUBT THE LEFT IS USING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL AND HIS TEAM OF VIRTUALLY ALL DEMOCRATS TO VOID THE 2016 ELECTION, WHICH THEY BELIEVED HILLARY CLINTON SHOULD HAVE WON? THE FBI HAS RAIDED THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ATTORNEY, MICHAEL COHEN. HE’S THE GUY WHO…
Read MoreSyria, Trump and isolationism By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The isolationist spirit — a reluctance to become involved in foreign entanglements — goes back in U.S. history to Thomas Paine and his 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense” and to George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. In modern times, the isolationist spirit had a strong pull against U.S.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 10, 2018 MAUREEN DOWD HAD A FASCINATING COLUMN SUNDAY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. IT REFERENCED A BOOK BY JOANNA COLES ABOUT PURSING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD. COLES WRITES ABOUT THE DISAPPOINTMENT YOUNG WOMEN FACE AFTER “HOOKING UP,” SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH STRANGERS, NOT WANTING TO HAVE SEX,…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 9, 2018 DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, SENATOR GEORGE MCGOVERN SAID “COME HOME AMERICA.” HE WANTED U.S. TROOPS OUT. NOW COMES PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAYING MUCH THE SAME ABOUT AMERICAN TROOPS IN SYRIA. THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON’S AARON KLIEGMAN HAS LISTED FIVE REASON WHY NOW IS NOT A GOOD TIME…
Read MoreFree speech takes another hit By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Fox News host Laura Ingraham has apologized, as has the network, for nothing more serious than her tweet: “David Hogg rejected by four colleges to which he applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA … totally predictable given acceptance rates.)”…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 6, 2018 CONGRESS WON’T PROVIDE FULL FUNDING FOR A BORDER WALL WITH MEXICO, SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING THE NEXT BEST THING. HE HAS ORDERED NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE BORDER TO STEM THE GROWING FLOOD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION JUMPED 200 PERCENT IN MARCH. THE PRESIDENT IS…
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