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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 2, 2024 IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHY GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME SO BIG, SO EXPENSIVE, SO REMOTE AND SO DYSFUNCTIONAL. CONSIDER A RECENT WALL STREET JOURNAL STORY: “AMERICANS’ RELIANCE ON GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IS SOARING, DRIVEN BY PROGRAMS SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. THAT SUPPORT IS CRITICAL IN ECONOMICALLY…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 1, 2024      WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT AND EVEN HOPE FOR IN TONIGHT’S DEBATE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE J.D. VANCE AND DEMOCRATIC VP CANDIDATE TIM WALZ?      IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR A DEBATE ABOUT REAL ISSUES, LIKE WHAT AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECORD INFLATION, HIGH MORTGAGE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 30, 2024      ONE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WANTS TO RAISE TAXES, THE OTHER WANTS TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TAX CUTS AND CUT THEM MORE. SPENDING, NOT REVENUE IS THE PROBLEM, BUT CONSIDER THIS: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BLOWS NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY ON ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS, ACCORDING TO…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 27, 2024     HERE’S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE. MOST K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH THEIR JOBS AS STAFFING SHORTAGES AND LEARNING LOSSES FROM THE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN HAVE EXTENDED INTO THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER QUALITY. REPORTING ON THIS STORY,…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 26, 2024      YOU’VE HEARD OF AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE. IN SOME CULTURES, PARENTS PICKOUT A WOMAN FOR A MAN TO MARRY. OFTEN THE COUPLE HAVE NEVER MET, AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER.      DOES THAT REMIND YOU OF A CURRENT POLITICAL CANDIDATE? KAMALA HARRIS IS THE SELECTED “BRIDE.”  WE ARE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 25, 2024      THE YEAR WAS 1982. ISRAELI FORCES MOVED INTO SOUTHERN LEBANON TO CLEAR OUT TERRORIST CELLS THAT HAD BEEN ATTACKING TOWNS IN NORTHERN IRSAEL. I WAS INVITED TO GO ALONG.      WHAT I SAW REFLECTS THE SAME THING NOW HAPPENING IN LEBANON WITHOUT THE GROUND INVASION — YET. THE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 24, 2024      POPE FRANCIS RECENTLY TOLD A GATHERING OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT “ALL RELIGIONS ARE A PATH TO GOD. I WILL USE AN ANALOGY: THEY ARE LIKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT EXPRESS THE DIVINE. BUT GOD IS FOR EVERYONE, AND THEREFORE, WE ARE ALL GOD’S CHILDREN.” THE POPE THEN ADDED TO…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 LEGENDARY NFL COACH Tony Dungy challenged a tweet from Vice President Kamala Harris about abortion rights. Harris has been unapologetic about her stance on abortion, and she continued with a post on X: “One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree: The government, and…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 The House voted 202-220 to kill a continuing resolution that had the SAVE Act attached to it. 14 Republicans voted against the resolution along with 206 Democrats. CRITICS ARE BLAMING SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON FOR LACK OF LEADERSHIP. The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship to vote in elections. The…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 19, 2024      IF YOU NEED MORE EVIDENCE OF HOW DEPRAVED HUMAN BEINGS CAN BE WITHOUT THE  RESTRAINING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, CONSIDER A NEW YORK TIMES STORY ABOUT RAPPER SEAN COMBS: “THE EMBATTLED MUSIC MOGUL WAS DENIED BAIL AFTER PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF SEX TRAFFICKING, RACKETEERING, CONSPIRACY…