Cal Thomas
A third try in Texas for school choice By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Gregg Abbott has called a third special legislative session in an attempt to push through three priorities that previous sessions have defeated, surprisingly with some Republicans joining with most Democrats in opposition. School choice is one of…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 7, 2023 ELECTIONS TODAY IN TWO STATES – VIRGINIA AND OHIO – ARE SIGNIFICANT FOR AT LEAST TWO REASONS. IN VIRGINIA, WILL GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN BE ABLE TO FLIP THE STATE SENATE FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN AND MAINTAIN OR INCREASE THE GOP MAJORITY IN THE STATE HOUSE? IF HE CAN,…
Read MoreMatthew Perry and the cult of celebrity By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black- and-white pictures and television screens so small you had to draw a chair up to the box to see a…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMENTARY NOVEMBER 6, 2023 TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY IN VIRGINIA. THE MEDIA AND BIG MONEY DONORS ARE SETTING UP THE ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE SENATE AND HOUSE OF DELEGATES AS A BAROMETER FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL RACES. THE LEFT IS FLOODING THE STATE WITH MILLIONS OF…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 3, 2023 ONCE IN A WHILE A FEDERAL JUDGE GETS IT RIGHT, OFTEN DEPENDING ON WHICH PRESIDENT APPOINTED THAT JUDGE. A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT HAS ORDERED CHICAGO’S BOARD OF EDUCATION AND A FOUNDATION THAT SPONSORED A MEDITATION PROGRAM IN THE CITY’S SCHOOLS TO PAY A FORMER STUDENT $150 THOUSAND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 2, 2023 THE TESTMONY TUESDAY BEFORE A SENATE COMMITTEE BY FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER RAY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS SENT A SHOCK THROUGH THE SYSTEM OF ESPECIALLY REPUBLICANS. DIRECTOR RAY SAID THE THREAT OF ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK ON AMERICAN SOIL IS “AT A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL,” MEANING HIGH. ASKED…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 1, 2023 CONGRESS RETURNS TO WORK TODAY – CORRECTION – CONGRESS RETURNS TO WASHINGTON. IT’S DEBATABLE WHETHER MEMBERS DO THE WORK THEY SHOULD BE DOING ON OUR BEHALF RATHER THAN SERVE THEIR POLITICAL INTERESTS. I’M BETTING ON THE LATTER. ALREADY THE NEWLY ELECTED HOUSE SPEAKER, MIKE JOHNSON, WHO HAS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS For release: 10/31/23 Dracula and spending cuts By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Among the top priorities for newly selected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was his announced intention to form a bipartisan panel to cut massive spending that has led to an unsustainable $33 trillion national debt. The pragmatist in me cheers,…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 31, 2023 FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE BECAUSE HE HAD MADE ENEMIES ON TWO SIDES. AS A WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL NOTED: “BY TEMPERMENT AND EXPERIENCE, MR. PENCE WOULD MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT. BUT HIS CAMPAIGN OF TRADITIONAL…
Read MoreFor release: 10/26/23 Israel’s difficult choices By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was struggling over when to order the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944, he wrestled with uncooperative weather, but also worried that any more delays beyond the one-day delay he had already ordered could possibly lower morale and…
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