Transcripts
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 21, 2025 NOW THAT CONGRESS HAS VOTED AND THWE PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED A BILL TO RELEASE THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES I HAVE SEVERAL THOUGHTS. FIRST, I HOPE ANY OF EPSTEIN’S VICTIMS WHO DON’T WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED HAVE THEIR NAMES REDACTED. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY. SECOND,…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 20, 2025 I’VE GIVEN UP ON EXPECTATIONS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MIGHT CHANGE HIS LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS OTHERS, BUT IN RECENT DAYS HE HAS EXCEEDED HIMSELF IN HIS NAME CALLING AND EXCUSING OF A HORRIFIC ACT. TWICE IN A FEW DAYS HE HAS INSULTED TWO FEMALE REPORTERS, TELLING ONE…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 19, 2025 FORMER INDIANA GOVERNOR AND BUDGET DIRECTOR MITCH DANIELS RAISES AN INTERESTING QUESTION IN AN OP-ED FOR THE WASHINGTON POST. DANIELS, A REPUBLICAN, WONDERS WHETHER THE FRACTURE IN AMERICAN CULTURE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL REMAIN PERMANENT, OR DOES IT RESEMBLE THE CLASSIC PENDULUM THAT WILL SWING BACK TOWARD…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 17, 2025 THE RISE IN ANTISEMiTISM AND BLAMING OF JEWS FOR EVERY PROBLEM WE FACE IS DEPLORABLE, DISPICABLE AND EVERY OTHER ADJECTIVE YOU CAN THINK OF. IN A RECENT EPISODE OF EZRA KLEIN’S PODCAST, EXCERPTED FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, THERE WAS THIS: “HERE’S THE THING TO UNDERSTAND: EVERY…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 14, 2025 THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN HISTORY IS OVER, BUT THE EXTORTION TACTIC ISN’T OVER. THE HEALTH CARE SUBSIDY WILL BE DEBATED NEXT MONTH. THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE WAS 222-209, WITH JUST ENOUGH DEMOCRATS TO APPROVE THE BILL. IT FUNDS THE SNAP PROGRAM, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND MILITARY…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 13, 2025 IF YOU SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT, HERE IS SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU AND FOR HIM. THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE REPORTS: “ONCE THE HONEYMOON IS OVER, PRESIDENTS TEND TO LOSE POPULARITY QUICKLY. BUT NO RECENT PRESIDENT HAS FALLEN SO LOW, SO QUICKLY AS DONALD TRUMP. “AT THE START OF…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 12, 2025 IT APPEARS THOSE PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT WERE SHUTDOWN FOR THE LAST 40-PLUS DAYS COULD RE-OPEN AS SOON AS TODAY IF THE HOUSE PASSES AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THE BILL. FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS COME BACK ON THE JOB. PRESIDENT TRUMP…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 11, 2025 CONGRESS MAY BE CLOSING IN ON A DEAL TO END THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN HISTORY. FIVE DEMOCRAT SENATORS AND ONE INDEPENDENT JOINED ALL BUT ONE REPUBLICAN TO PROVIDE THE 60 VOTES NECESSARY TO END THE FILIBUSTER. IF THE HOUSE AGREES TO A SENATE BILL AND THE PRESIDENT…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 10, 2025 MANY CONSERVATIVES ARE CELEBRATING THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY NANCY PELOSI THAT SHE IS RETIRING FROM OFFICE. MY ADVICE: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. LEADING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO POLL TO REPLACE PELOSI IS A MAN NAMED SCOTT WIENER, A THREE-TERM STATE SENATOR AND FORMER CITY SUPERVISOR. THE…
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 7, 2025 IF YOU FOLLOW POLITICS, YOU ARE READING WHY THE DEMOCRATS DID SO WELL. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING I CAN GUARANTEE YOU HAVEN’T READ OR HEARD ANYWHERE. AND THAT IS: POLITICS IS A FALSE GOD, DIFFERENT ONLY IN APPEARANCE FROM THOSE FALSE GODS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.…