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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 8, 2024      LET’S CONSIDER SOMETHING OTHER THAN POLITICS TODAY, OK?      IF YOU KEEP UP WITH CULTURE, YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE ACTOR AL PACINO, AMONG WHOSE WHOSE MOST FAMOUS ROLES IS “THE GODFATHER.” PACINO, WHO IS 84 YEARS OLD, RECENTLY HAD A HEALTH EMERGENCY IN HIS HOME WHEN…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 7, 2024      FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY IS CAMPAIGNING FOR KAMALA HARRIS IN THE SWING STATE OF WISCONSIN. IT’S MORE ANTI-TRUMP THAN PRO-HARRIS. CONSIDER, THOUGH, WHAT CHENEY HAS SAID ABOUT HARRIS IN THE PAST.      EVEN AFTER THE JANUARY 6, 2021 CAPITOL RIOT, CHENEY CALLED HARRIS A “RADICAL LIBERAL” WHO…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 4, 2024      “VANCE’S DOMINANT PERFORMANCE SHOWS WHY HE’S TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE.” SO SAYS ROSS DOUTHAT OF THE LIBERAL NY TIMES ABOUT THE TUESDAY NIGHT DEBATE BETWEEN J.D. VANCE AND TIM WALZ.      IT WASN’T EVEN CLOSE. VANCE HAD POISE, LIKEABILITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY CREDIBILITY AS HE OUT- PERFORMED WALZ, WHO…

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…