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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 28, 2026      CONCERN ABOUT ELECTION SECURITY AND ELECTION INTEGRITY HAS BEEN RAISED ANOTHER NOTCH. AS REPORTED BY JOHN SOLOMON OF “JUST THE NEWS,” THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL REQUIRE RANDOM AUDITS OF PAPER BALLOTS IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THEY CITE A LONG-SIMMERING CONCERN THAT THE NATION’S LARGEST VOTING TECHNOLOGY…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 27, 2026      WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT DOLLY PARTON HAD DIED, MANY PEOPLE FELT A LITTLE BIT OF THEMSELVES HAD DIED WITH HER. SHE TRANSCENDED CULTURE. SHE LIT UP THE STAGE, FILMS, AND ANY ROOM SHE WALKED INTO. SHE WAS KIND, COMPASSIONATE, GENEROUS AND FUNNY.      NO ONE KNEW…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 26, 2026     THE PETER G. PETERSON FOUNDATION IS A NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON THE NATIONAL DEBT.     HAVING JUST PASSED A RECORD $40 TRILLION IN DEBT, THE FOUNDATION SURVEYED REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT VOTERS. IT FOUND 91 PERCENT OF VOTERS – INCLUDING DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS AND REPUBLICANS – ARE CONCERNED ABOUT…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 25, 2026      IS THE TIDE BEGINNING TO TURN IN THE WAR WITH IRAN? IT’S HARD TO TELL BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING CONFLICTING MESSAGES FROM IRAN AND SOMETIMES EVEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.      YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS TO CREATE WHAT HE CALLED AN “ECONOMIC D-DAY” AGAINST IRAN. IT CONSISTS OF…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 21, 2026      IF YOU COULD FIX SOMETHING CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT NEEDED FIXING AND YOU REFUSED TO DO IT, WOULDN’T THAT MAKE YOU IRRESPONSIBLE, EVEN A TRAITOR TO YOUR COUNTRY?      THE NATIONAL DEBT JUST PASSED $40 TRILLION WITH NO END IN SIGHT. BORROWING IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT, INTEREST RATES ARE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 19 (AND WMAL AUGUST 18     NOW THAT THE PRIMARIES ARE MOSTLY OVER AND REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT VOTERS HAVE SELECTED THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHAT SHOULD COME NEXT?     REPUBLICANS HAVE A CLEAR ADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY AND GOOD CANDIDATES. PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD RELEASE  SOME OF THE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 19, 2026       IF REPUBLICANS LOSE THEIR MAJORITIES IN CONGRESS THIS NOVEMBER THE BLAME WILL FALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP.      THE REASON HAS LESS TO DO WITH HIS POLICIES – MANY OF WHICH ARE WORKING – AND MORE TO DO WITH HIS CONTINUING INSULTS OF PEOPLE WHO DON’T AGREE WITH HIM…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 17, 2026      THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTES, MAURA HEALEY, HAS SIGNED A BILL THAT ALLOWS FOR ABORTIONS AT ANYTIME DURING A PREGNANCY. THE MEASURE WAS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED BY THE MOSTLY DEMOCRAT LEGISLATURE, THOUGH A FEW DEMOCRAT MEMBERS VOTED AGAINST IT.      AS USUAL, HEALEY CALLED IT “HEALTH CARE.” IT…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 14, 2026      THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS INSTALLING FOOT WASHING BASINS FOR MUSLIMS. THEY ARE CALLED WUDU ABLUTION BASINS. THE COST IS $300 THOUSAND. PRIVATE FUNDS ARE SAID TO PAY FOR THEM.   THE STORY DOESN’T SAY WHERE THE PRIVATE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM BUT IT WOULDN’T BE HARD TO…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 13, 2026      NOT DEAD YET IS HOW I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY IN THE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR’S RACE. FRANCESCA HONG, WHO WANTED TO CANCEL THANKSGIVING AND VALENTINE’S DAY, AMONG OTHER CRAZY THINGS, LOST HER BID BY LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE POINT, OR ABOUT THREE THOUSAND VOTES. SHE LOST TO WHAT…