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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 6, 2020          WE HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT POWER WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT. SUCH PHRASES AS “TRANSFER OF POWER,” “GAIN POWER” AND “BALANCE OF POWER” ARE FREQUENTLY USED BY THE MEDIA.          ONE DEFINITION OF POWER IS: “THE CAPABILITY OF DOING OR ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING.”          ONE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 5, 2021          IT WAS THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS THAT ESTABLISHED THE TRADITION OF CHAPLAINS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. FOR YEARS THEY PRAYED TO A SINGULAR GOD AND OFTEN IN JESUS’ NAME.          THAT APPEARS ABOUT TO CHANGE THANKS TO NEW HOUSE RULES ADOPTED LAST SUNDAY ON THE OPENING DAY OF…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 4, 2020          THIS IS THE WEEK. TOMORROW IS THE RUNOFF FOR TWO REPUBLICAN SEATS IN THE SENATE. THE NEXT DAY – WEDNESDAY – COMES THE VOTE IN CONGRESS TO VALIDATE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE AND MAKE JOE BIDEN OFFICIALLY THE NEXT PRESIDENT. OR DOES IT?          AT LEAST ONE SENATOR…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 1, 2021 A NEW YEAR, A CLEAN SLATE, A TIME TO START OVER. INSTEAD OF RESOLUTIONS, WHICH OFTEN FAIL, HOW ABOUT A CHANGE IN PRIORITIES? ONE FRIEND TOLD ME HE HAS HAD ENOUGH OF WORKING 12-15 HOUR DAYS AND HAS TAKEN TIME OFF TO BE WITH HIS WIFE AND YOUNG CHILDREN.…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 31, 2020          THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A YEAR, HASN’T IT? COVID-19 HAS COLORED AND STAINED EVERYTHING – FROM GATHERED WORSHIP IN OUR CHURCHES, TO BEHAVIOR IN JUST ABOUT EVERY CATEGORY, TO A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT.          BUT THERE IS HOPE 2021 WILL BE BETTER. VACCINES ARE ROLLING OUT ACROSS THE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 30, 2020          I SAID SOMETHING IN A COMMENTARY RECENTLY I WANT TO CORRECT. I SAID THERE IS NO EVIDENCE ONE CAN CATCH COVID IN A RESTAURANT. ONE CAN CATCH COVID ANYWHERE, BUT I OBSCURED ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT. POLITICIANS ARE UNILATERALLY SHUTTING DOWN RESTAURANTS THAT ARE PRACTICING THE CDC GUIDELINES. THOSE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 29, 2020          SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND OTHER LEFTISTS SAY IT WAS “CRUEL” FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT TO HAVE SIGNED THE HUGE SO-CALLED STIMULUS BILL THAT IS LOADED WITH MORE PORK THAN CAN BE FOUND ON A PIG FARM. HE SUBSEQUENTLY DID OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BILL INCLUDES MONEY TO PAKISTAN…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 29, 2020          SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND OTHER LEFTISTS SAY IT IS “CRUEL” FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT TO HAVE SIGNED THE HUGE SO-CALLED STIMULUS BILL THAT IS LOADED WITH MORE PORK THAN CAN BE FOUND ON A PIG FARM. THIS INCLUDES MONEY TO PAKISTAN FOR GENDER STUDIES, AND OTHER FOREIGN AID…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 28, 2020          IF YOU FOLLOW THE NEWS – IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS NEWS THESE DAYS – YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE MANY PARDONS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ISSUED. YOU MAY BE THINKING SOME OF THOSE PARDONS WERE JUSTIFIED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SUBJECTS WERE TREATED. PERHAPS YOU…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 25, 2020          WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT CHRISTMASES PAST? UNLESS YOU RECEIVED A LARGE GIFT – A CAR, PERHAPS – I’M BETTING YOU PROBABLY DON’T REMEMBER THE STUFF YOU WERE GIVEN.          THE ONLY MEMORY OF A GIFT I HAVE IS THE LIONEL TRAIN MY PARENTS GAVE ME AS A…