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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…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 12, 2026      A SONG LYRIC FROM A LONG AGO OFF BROADWAY SHOW GOES LIKE THIS: “YOU WONDER HOW THESE THINGS BEGIN.” THAT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF A LOVE RELATIONSHIP, BUT THE QUESTION IS A GOOD ONE WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THOSE RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. FROM ISLAMIC…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTATRY AUGUST 11, 2026      ISRALI PRIME MNISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS REJECETD THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S 15-POINT PROPOSAL TO END THE CONFLICT IN GAZA. THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR HAMAS TO DISARM. HAMAS SAYS IT WON’T CONSIDER DISARMING UNTIL THE ISRAELIS DO FIRST WHICH, OF COURSE, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO AND SHOULD NOT…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 10, 2026      REMEMBER DOGE – THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENY? HEADED BY ELON MUSK, DOGE WAS SUPPOSED TO ROOTOUT WASTEFUL AND UNNECESSARY SPENDING, SAVING TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.      AS WITH MOST THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH GOVERNMENT, DOGE WAS MOSTLY A FAILURE.      A NEW AUDIT BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE…