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CAL THOMAS Thanksgiving to whom? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Merriam-Webster has announced it is adding about 500 new words to its 7th edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. I doubt most people will ever use them in conversation or in writing, but they will be beneficial when playing the board game. Meanwhile,…
Read MoreSchumer, then and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If an awards show were created to honor Washington politicians for the most outlandish, hypocritical and contradictory positions, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) would be among the top contenders. In a 2009 speech at Georgetown Law School, Sen. Schumer said the following: “…illegal immigration is wrong.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 22, 2022 EACH YEAR ON THIS DAY THE MEDIA AND MANY OTHERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. THEY IGNORE ANOTHER MAN WHO DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES ON THE SAME DAY, 59 YEARS AGO. HIS NAME IS CLIVES STAPLES LEWIS AND HIS WORKS REMAIN IN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 21, 2022 AS A LONGTIME WASHINGTONIAN AND OBSERVER OF THE POLITICAL SCENE I AM ALWAYS AMUSED AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN REPUBLICANS MANAGE TO GAIN A MAJORITY IN CONGRESS. WE ARE HEARING AGAIN FRON THE PRESIDENT, TO VARIOUS PUNDITS AND EDITORIAL WRITERS THAT REPUBLICANS SHOULD “WORK TOGETHER” WITH THE PRESIDENT AND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 21, 2022 AS A LONGTIME WASHINGTONIAN AND OBSERVER OF THE POLITICAL SCENE I AM ALWAYS AMUSED AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN REPUBLICANS MANAGE TO GAIN A MAJORITY IN CONGRESS. WE ARE HEARING AGAIN FRON THE PRESIDENT, TO VARIOUS PUNDITS AND EDITORIAL WRITERS THAT REPUBLICANS SHOULD “WORK TOGETHER” WITH THE PRESIDENT AND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 18, 2022 HOW DO YOU DESTROY A COUNTRY WITHOUT AN INVADING ARMY? YOU DO IT BY UNDERMINING THE MORAL FIBRE OF THE NATION AND YOU DO IT BY NOT CONTROLLING A NATION’S BORDERS. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, THE SENATE HAS CLEARED THE WAY TO APPROVE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AS A…
Read MoreMike Pence: A man of integrity By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If former Vice President Mike Pence is ever in need of a character witness, he could not do much better than one statement former President Donald Trump made to him. In his new book “So Help Me God,” Pence quotes Trump as pressuring…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 17, 2022 THE CONTENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SPEECH TUESDAY NIGHT IN WHICH HE ANNOUNCED ANOTHER RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WAS GOOD. WITH POSSIBLY A REFERENCE TO THE 2020 ELECTION IT HIT ALL THE RIGHT NOTES. HE REMINDED THOSE IN THE ORNATE HALL THAT UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION, INFLATION WAS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 16, 2022 THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY REPUBLICANS DID SO POORLY IN LAST WEEK’S ELECTIONS. YOU’VE HEARD SOME OF THEM. HERE IS ANOTHER THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE MIX. ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY SUMMIT MINISTRIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, “THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO SAY…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 15, 2022 WHATEVER YOU THINK OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE – AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR DECADES AND THINK A LOT OF HIM – YOU WILL WANT TO READ HIS NEW BOOK “SO HELP ME GOD.” NOT ONLY IS IT AN ACCOUNT OF HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS GROWING…
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