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The exhaustion factor By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The “wall of protection” conservative media has erected around President Trump may be crumbling. Fox News Channel, whose opinion programs — especially Sean Hannity’s — have been staunch defenders (some critics say mouthpieces) for the president, and The Wall Street Journal, which editorially has been generally…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 8, 2018          THE LOGAN ACT WAS ENACTED IN 1799 AND MAKES IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS TO NEGOTIATE WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE A DISPUTE WITH THE UNITED STATES. FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY HAS BEEN IN TALKS WITCH IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER ABOUT PRESERVING THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 7, 2018          HERE ARE QUESTIONS I HOPE YOU WILL REGARD AS MORE THAN PHILOSOPHICAL: WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM GOVERNMENT AND WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM OURSELVES?          THESE ARE PROFOUND QUESTIONS THAT DEFINE WHAT AMERICA IS AND WHO ITS CITIZENS ARE.          THE FOUNDERS WANTED GOVERNMENT TO BE LIMITED…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 2, 2018          MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE WORD “VULGAR” MEANS AND MOST CIVILIZED PEOPLE TRY TO ADVOID BEING VULGAR IN PUBLIC AND EVEN IN PRIVATE.          NOT THESE DAYS. VULGARITY HAS BECOME MAINSTREAM.          AT LAST SATURDAY’S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, VULGARITY RULED IN THE PERSON OF SO-CALLED COMEDIAN MICHELLE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 3, 2018          HOW WOULD YOUR LIFE BE DIFFERENT IF YOU TURNED OFF AND TUNED OUT OF THE NEWS FOR A DAY, OR MAYBE A WEEK? I CAN’T BECAUSE MY JOB IS TO WRITE ABOUT AND COMMENT ON IT. BUT IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, OR POLITICS, HOW…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 1, 2018          THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 41 ISLAMIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. MANY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL MOSQUES. THEY EXIST IN PLACES YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THEY WOULD, SUCH AS MASSACUSETTS, TEXAS AND KENTUCKY.          DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TEACH? DO YOU CARE? YOU SHOULD.          THE TEXTBOOK…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 27, 2018          FOR YEARS I HAVE SUSPECTED U.S. AND OTHER WORLD AID THAT HAS GONE TO THE SO-CALLED “PALESTINIANS” WAS BEING USED TO UNDERWRITE TERRORISM. NOW THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON REPORTS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT TO COMPEL THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO REVEAL HOW MUCH IT HAS GIVEN TO…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 30, 2018          GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL FOLLOWED FRANCE’S PRESIDENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LAST WEEK. BEFORE LEAVING GERMANY, SHE SAID THIS ABOUT RISING ANTI-SEMITISM: “WE HAVE REFUGEES NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, OR PEOPLE OF ARAB ORIGIN, WHO BRING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ANTI-SEMITISM INTO THE COUNTRY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, ANTI-SEMITISM EXISTED BEFORE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 26, 2018          “SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE JEWISH.” IT IS A PHRASE OFTEN USED BY PEOPLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST CHARGES THEY ARE ANTI-SEMITIC.          IN MY CASE, IT’S TRUE. SOME OF MY VERY BEST FRIENDS ARE JEWISH. I SAY THIS AMID AN INCREASE IN ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA AND EUROPE. ANTI-SEMITIC…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 25, 2018          TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN TORONTO IN WHAT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE PROFILE IS SIMILAR TO OTHERS WE’VE SEEN IN RECENT MONTHS: RENTED WHITE VAN RUNS UP ON A SIDEWALK FULL OF PEDESTRIANS AND STARTS MOWING THEM DOWN, FOLLOWING AN ISIS PLAYBOOK.         …