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For release: 07/08/25 Selling the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It’s one thing to pass a major piece of legislation and have it signed by the president; it’s quite another to get the public to swallow it as something that benefits most of the country. House and Senate Democrats, who stood…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 8, 2025 TRAGEDY DOESN’T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED OVER LAST WEEKEND IN KERVILLE, TEXAS. MORE THAN 82 CHILDREN AT A CHRISTIAN GIRLS CAMP WERE SWEPT AWAY AND KILLED BY MASSIVE FLOOD WATERS. AT LEAST 41 ARE STILL MISSING. ONE SURVIVOR SAID SOME OF THE GIRLS WROTE THEIR NAMES ON THEIR…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 7, 2025 THERE IS GOOD, THERE IS BAD AND THERE IS UGLY IN THE TAX AND SPEND BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST FRIDAY. THE GOOD INCLUDES MAKING HIS TAX CUTS PERMANENT (AT LEAST UNTIL DEMOCRATS GET BACK IN POWER), FINISHING THE BORDER WALL, DEPRIVING THE ABLE BODIED OF…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 4, 2025 AMERICA IS OFFICIALLY 249 YEARS OLD TODAY. THAT’S A BLIP ON THE HISTORICAL TIMELINE COMPARED TO CHINA, EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA AND ALL OF EUROPE. STILL, WE ARE A UNIQUE NATION BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH AMERICA WAS BUILT. “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT,” WROTE THOMAS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 3, 2025 IT ALWAYS WORKS THIS WAY IN WASHINGTON. DEADLINES IN CONGRESS APPROACH. THE MEDIA ESCALATE THE DRAMA. DEALS ARE CUT, MEANING SOME MEMBERS TRADE THEIR VOTES FOR MONEY THAT GOES TO THEIR STATES AND DISTRICTS AND VOILA! A BILL GETS PASSED. EXCEPT THE SO-CALLED “BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL” JUST…
Read MoreFor release: 07/03/25 Let the countdown begin By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Those annoying countdown clocks the cable TV networks use to let us know how much time remains before a presidential address or something else regarded as worthy of our attention might be useful as America begins the countdown to the 250th…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 2, 2025 ELON MUSK, ONCE THE DARLING AND CLOSE FRIEND OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND COST CUTTERS EVERYWHERE, HAS REBELLED AGAINST THE “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.” IN A POSTING ON X, MUSK SAYS: “IT IS OBVIOUS WITH THE INSANE SPENDING OF THIS BILL, WHICH INCREASES THE DEBT CEILING BY A RECORD FIVE…
Read MoreFor release: 07/01/25 What happened to Ukraine coverage? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last weekend, the Wall Street Journal did a rare story on the Ukraine war, though it was buried on page A 10, after a front-page teaser. That has been the pattern until Russia launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine on Sunday which attracted some…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 1, 2025 WHOM TO BELIEVE IS ALWAYS THE ULTIMATE QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICIANS. HERE IS WHAT THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER’S UNION SAYS ABOUT THE “BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL”: “FOR TOO LONG, WASHNGTON HAS RELIED ON SHORT-TERM BUDGETING – ENACTING CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS, BOOSTING SPENDING ACROSS THE BOARD, AND BORROWING TO…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 30, 2025 THE SUPREME COURT ON FRIDAY ISSUED ITS FINAL RULINGS OF THIS TERM. TWO OF THE RULINGS THAT MOST INTERESTED ME WERE THE ONE RESTRAINING DISTRICT FEDERAL COURTS FROM ISSUING OPINIONS THAT APPLY TO THE ENTIRE NATION. THIS WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. THOSE SUING IN…
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