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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 30, 2019 IF I HAD TO PICK AN IDEAL PRESIDENT IT WOULD BE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE. HE HOLDS THE SAME POSITIONS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT WITHOUT ALL THE BAGGAGE AND CONSTANT CONTROVERSIES AND UNNECESSARY TURMOIL. HE IS A MAN OF SUPREME INTEGRITY, STRONG CHRISTIAN VALUES AND A STREAK OF KINDNESS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 29, 2019 YOU’VE HEARD THE SLANDER. CONSERVATIVES AND REPUBLICANS ARE FULL OF HATE. THEY ARE RACISTS, HATE WOMEN AND EVERYONE WHO ISN’T WHITE AND CHRISTIAN. WELL, CONSIDER THIS ONE. JENNIFER RUBIN, WHO THE WASHINGTON POST THINKS IS A CONSERVATIVE, SAID THIS ON MSNBC: PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN BE DEFEATED IN…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 28, 2019 PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID AT THE JUST CONCLUDED G-7 GATHERING IN FRANCE HE WOULD WELCOME A MEETING WITH RUSSIA’S VLADIMIR PUTIN AND IS NOT OPPOSED TO ONE WITH IRAN’S PRESIDENT. BOTH WOULD BE A MISTAKE. FIRST, JUST FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT AND THE OPTICS THAT WOULD GO WITH…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 27, 2019 THERE’S A TROUBLING NEW POLL OF YOUNG PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS TRADITIONAL VALUES THAT DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE. A WALL STREET JOURNAL/NBC NEWS POLL OF 1,000 YOUNGER ADULTS FINDS THEY RATE PATRIOTISM, RELIGION AND HAVING CHILDREN AS LESS IMPORTANT TO THEM THAN DID YOUNG PEOPLE JUST TWO…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 26, 2019 LANGUAGE USED TO MEAN SOMETHING AND THE PROPER USE OF LANGUAGE MEANT YOU WERE EDUCATED AND AWARE THAT WORDS HAVE POWER TO BLESS, TO HARM, TO HEAL AND TO CONVEY YOUR INTENT. THAT WAS IN ANOTHER AGE. TODAY, AS HUMPTY DUMPTY SAYS TO ALICE IN WONDERLAND, “WHEN I USE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 23, 2019 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ACCUSED JEWISH AMERICANS WHO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS OF DEMONSTRATING “GREAT DISLOYALTY.” IT WASN’T CLEAR WHETHER HE MEANT DISLOYALTY TO HIMSELF, DISLOYALTY TO AMERICA, OR DISLOYALTY TO ISRAEL. I’M BETTING IT WAS THE THIRD. SOME JEWS ARE REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVE, BUT POLLS AND VOTING PATTERNS HAVE SHOWN MOST…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 22, 2019 I WISH TO PAUSE FROM THE REGULAR COMMENTARIES ABOUT POLITICS AND CONFLICT TO SAY A WORD ABOUT MY LONGTIME FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE JACK PERKINS, WHO LEFT THIS LIFE TUESDAY FOR ETERNITY AND TO MEET HIS LORD AND SAVIOR. JACK AND I CAME TO NBC NEWS IN WASHINGTON AT THE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 21, 2019 REMEMBER WHEN SCHOOL STARTED AFTER LABOR DAY? NO MORE. SCHOOLS ARE MOSTLY BACK IN SESSION AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING? HAVE YOU KEPT AN EYE ON TEXTBOOKS AND QUIZZED YOUR KIDS IF THEY GO TO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. (AND WHY DO THEY, BY THE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 20, 2019 EVERYBODY HAS TWO GRANDMOTHERS. ONE OF MINE LIVED CLOSE BY IN SUBURBAN WASHINGTON. THE OTHER LIVED IN INDIANA. ONE GRANDMA I SAW PRETTY OFTEN. THE OTHER I KEPT IN TOUCH WITH BY PHONE, LETTER AND VISITS, USUALLY AROUND THANKSGIVING WITH MY DAD’S NUMEROUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MY MANY…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUSY 19, 2019 POLICE OFFICERS ARE SHOT AND WOUNDED IN PHILADELPHIA WHILE A CROWD CHEERS. ICE OFFICERS INSULTED AND A DRIVER PLOWS INTO ONE OF THEIR LOCATIONS IN TEXAS. LEFTIST POLITICIANS ACCUSE ICE AND BORDER PATROL OFFICERS OF NAZI-LIKE TACTICS. WHEN MASS SHOOTINGS OCCUR, THE LEFT BLAMES CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO…
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