Cal Thomas
CAL THOMAS For release: 03/01/22 Beckel and me: An odd couple By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As often happens among the political class in Washington, we met on television debating each other. I liked him immediately, despite our political and even religious differences. Bob Beckel and I became friends and eventually more than friends.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 1, 2022 TONIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERS HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. WHOEVER IS PRESIDENT LIKES TO CLAIM THE STATE OF THE UNION IS SOUND. IT IS NOT. MUST I RUN DOWN THE LIST? FROM THE WORST INFLATION IN 40 YEARS, TO GAS PRICES THAT HAVE JUMPED $1 A…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 28, 2022 WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE? AS MANY HAVE SAID THIS IS THE GREATEST INVASION SINCE HITLER INVADED POLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II. UKRAINE IS A SOVEREIGN NATION AND VLADIMIR IS CHANNELING HITLER. CIVILIANS ARE BEING KILLED…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 25, 2022 NOT MUCH SHOCKS ME THESE DAYS, BUT THIS ONE THING DOES. IT’S THE NUMBER OF CONSERVATIVES AND REPUBLICANS WHO ARE SUPPORTING, OR JUSTIFYING, VLADIMIR PUTIN’S INVASION OF UKRAINE. EVEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS AGAIN PRAISED PUTIN FOR HIS STRENGTH AND RESOLVE. SO HAS TUCKER CARLSON OF FOX…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 24, 2022 I HAVE LOST MY BEST FRIEND. BOB BECKEL. BOB WAS AN ORIGINAL CO-HOST OF “THE FIVE” ON FOX NEWS AND MY WRITING PARTNER FOR TEN YEARS FOR THE COMMON GROUND COLUMN IN USA TODAY. BOB HAD A DIFFICULT, BUT PRODUCTIVE LIFE. HIS IRONICALLY TITLED MEMOIR “I SHOULD…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 23, 2022 REMEMBER AFGHANISTAN? I KNOW, WE’D ALL LIKE TO FORGET THE DISASTEROUS WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. FORCES, BUT NOW WE’RE DEALING WITH REFUGEES FROM THAT COUNTRY. HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ANNOUNCED THE DEPARTURE OF THE LAST EVACUEES FROM U.S. MILITARY BASES. IT SAYS 76,000 OF THEM HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 22, 2022 WHY SHOULD UKRAINE MATTER TO THE UNITED STATES? THERE ARE MANY REASONS, INCLUDING THE COUNTRY’S VAST NATURAL RESOURCES. IT MATTERS MORE BECAUSE WHERE FREEDOM IS THREATENED BY A TOTALITARIAN REGIME THOSE WHO ARE FREE MUST OPPOSE ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT FREEDOM. YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING THAT WHEN THEY CAME…
Read MoreMayor Adams is half right By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It is usually Republicans who blast the media for what they consider biased or unfair coverage of their policies, but increasingly we are hearing Democrats engaging in the same behavior, apparently frustrated their agenda is not being embraced by some of their fellow Democrats…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 21, 2022 BY EVEN NON-PARTISAN STANDARDS, AMERICA IS IN A FREE-FALL. SINCE JANUARY OF LAST YEAR WHEN YOU KNOW WHO BECAME PRESIDENT, GAS PRICES HAVE RISEN MORE THAN $1 A GALLON. INFLATION IS AT RECORD LEVELS. THE STOCK MARKET HAS TURNED DOWNWARD AND HARMED THE SAVINGS OF RETIREES. THE SOUTHERN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 18, 2022 TWO MEMBERS OF FINLAND’S PARLIAMENT MAY GO TO PRISON FOR EXPRESSING THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWS. THE TWO WERE IN COURT THIS WEEK FOR BELIEVING AND SPEAKING FAVORABLY ABOUT THE BIBLE. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. THEIR NAMES ARE UNPRONOUNCEABLE TO ME, BUT AMONG THE SEVERAL CHARGES RELATED…
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