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CAL THOMAS For release: 01/25/22 McConnell deconstructs Biden By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The art of deconstructing an argument by refutation and holding a person accountable for previous statements that the person now contradicts was once an honored tradition. It has now mostly gone the way of other traditions in favor of sound bite…

CAL THOMAS For release: 01/18/22 Lying lips By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency How do you know when a politician is lying? Answer: when his lips are moving. It’s an old joke, but it fits the Biden administration. The president went to Atlanta last week where he made claims that would have sent a lie…

New York: No longer a ‘Fun City’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is one who keeps the Law.” (Proverbs 29:18) That didn’t last long. The optimism surrounding New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, seems to be quickly eroding due to several self-inflicted…

School daze By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency For the third straight day last week, the Chicago Teachers Union canceled classes, choosing to return to virtual learning and citing dangers from the Omicron variant as their excuse. To many, this is seen as nothing more than a teachers’ strike and power grab executed by a…

Let’s out the men in Maxwell-Epstein case By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell on five of six charges of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is not and should not be the end of the story. While Maxwell has been held accountable for her actions,…

Testing, testing By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Biden has attempted to tamp down the frustration many feel over his inability to crush the pandemic, as he promised he would do when campaigning for the office he now holds. In a Tuesday afternoon address from the White House, the president promised to ramp up…

Building the wall back better By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency During a debate with George H.W. Bush in New Hampshire in 1980, the moderator asked that Ronald Reagan’s microphone be “turned off for the moment.” Reagan was angry and said something that might be applied to the failure of the Biden administration to use…

No peace or goodwill By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Peace on Earth and goodwill to men this time of year seems increasingly absent in diverse places. In America the noble objective seems to have long ago left the U.S. Capitol where too many Members of Congress are as divided and angry at each other…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 16, 2021                   HERE’S A SURPRISE. THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER SAYS RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IN AMERICA HAS CONTINUED TO FALL DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS WHO IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIANS NOW STANDS AT 63 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 65 PERCENT IN 2019 AND FROM 78 PERCENT IN 2007. MEANWHILE, 29 PERCENT OF…

Restraint and the tornado tragedy By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Some politicians and government officials can’t let a crisis go to waste. In the matter of the tornadoes that devastated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, restraint was called for, but went unanswered. Asked about the cause of such devastation, President Biden…