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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 2, 2024 THE ACCUSED MASTERMIND OF THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON AMERICA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AND HIS TWO COLLEAGUES HAVE AGREED TO PLEA DEALS THAT WILL SENTENCE THEM TO LIFE IN PRISON. KHALID SHEIK MOHAMMED AND TWO OTHERS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER THE PLEAS NEXT WEEK AT THE GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 1, 2024      FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S KILLING OF A HEZBOLLAH LEADER IN LEBANON, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KARENE JEAN-PIERRE TROTTED OUT THE TIRED OLD LINE ABOUT NOT WANTING A WIDER WAR AND HOW THE U.S. SEEKS A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT. A SIMILAR LINE WAS USED BY SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 31, 2024      YESTERDAY’S ONE-YEAR BIBLE READING WAS FROM ROMANS 13. IT SAYS GOD HAS PLACED GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OVER US FOR OUR PROTECTION AND BENEFIT. IT SAYS TO PAY OUR TAXES TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT WORKERS.      I MUST ACCEPT THIS AS IT IS GOD’S WORD THROUGH PAUL, BUT HERE’S WHAT I…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 30, 2024      PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO OVERHAUL THE SUPREME COURT. HE WANTS TO LIMIT TERMS TO 18 YEARS AND IMPOSE AN ETHICS CODE ON THE THIRD BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. THE 18-YEAR TERM LIMIT WOULD MEAN A PRESIDENT COULD POTENTIALLY NOMINATE A NEW JUSTICE EVERY TWO YEARS.      HE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 29, 2024      I HOPE YOU WATCHED BENJAMIN NATANYAHU’S SPEECH TO MOST OF CONGRESS LAST WEEK. MANY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS BOYCOTTED IT BECAUSE THEY HATE JEWS AND THINK ISRAEL IS THE PROBLEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE THE JEWISH STATE WON’T GIVE ITS ENEMIES WHAT THEY WANT. THAT WOULD BE ALL OF…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 26, 2024      THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN POLITICS. TAKE THE PARIS OLYMPICS. I WANT TO RECALL ANOTHER PARIS OLYMPICS, THE ONE IN 1924 MADE FAMOUS BY THE FILM, “CHARIOTS OF FIRE.” SCOTTISH RUNNER ERIC LIDDELL REFUSED TO RUN ON SUNDAY TO KEEP THE SABBATH. INSTEAD OF THE 100 METRE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 25, 2024      BEFORE WE GET DEEPER INTO THIS UNIQUE POLITICAL SEASON, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO CONSIDER WHAT C.S. LEWIS WROTE ABOUT POLITICS IN “THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS.” YOU’LL RECALL THESE WERE FICTIONALIZED LETTERS BETWEEN A DEVIL AND HIS TRAINEE.      “MY DEAR WORMWOOD: BE SURE THE PATIENT REMAINS COMPLETELY FIXED…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 24, 2024     IT DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN IN WASHINGTON – SOMEONE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A FAILURE AND THEN RESIGNING FROM THEIR JOB. BUT THAT RARE OCCURANCE HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHEN KIMBERLEY CHEATLE RESIGNED AS DIRECTOR OF THE SECRET SERVICE, ONE DAY AFTER DISASTROUS TESTIMONY BEFORE A HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH SAW BOTH…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 23, 2024 DID PRESIDENT BIDEN VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAW FROM HIS PURSUIT OF A SECOND TERM, OR WAS HE PUSHED BY BARACK OBAMA, NANCY PELOSI, CHUCK SCHUMER AND HAKEEM JEFFRIES? I’M GOING WITH THE SECOND SCENARIO: HE WAS PUSHED. RIGHT UP TO THE MOMENT OF HIS TYPED AND SIGNED ANNOUNCEMENT, BIDEN AND HIS…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 22, 2024      IN ACCEPTING HIS PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, DONALD TRUMP MIGHT HAVE BENEFITTED FROM SHAKESPEARE’S LINE IN HAMLET: “BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT.”      THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF HIS TOO-LONG 93 MINUTE ADDRESS WERE RIVITING. HE DESCRIBED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE SHOT…