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CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 28, 2021          THE HOUSE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE JANUARY 6 INVASION OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING OPENED YESTERDAY. IT IS STACKED WITH DEMOCRATS AND A MINORITY OF REPUBLICANS WHO OPPOSED DONALD TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION. THESE INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVE LYNNE CHENEY OF WYOMING AND ADAM KINZINGER OF ILLINOIS. THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 27, 2021          ROSS DOUTHAT IS AS CLOSE AS THE NEW YORK TIMES GETS TO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED “RELIGIOUS.”            IN LAST SUNDAY’S COLUMN, DOUTHAT, WHO COMES FROM A CATHOLIC BACKGROUND, WROTE SOMETHING WORTH PONDERING: SOCIAL CONSERVATISM, HE IS SAID, IS EBBING, AND “PROGRESSIVISM’S CULTURAL DIOMINANCE” IS EXPANDING.…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 26, 2021          DURING MY YEARS AS A REPORTER, ONE OF MY ASSIGNMENTS WAS TO COVER THE SPACE PROGRAM IN HOUSTON. I MET A LOT OF THE ASTRONAUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND IT WAS ALWAYS A THRILL TO WATCH THOSE SATURN 5 ROCKETS BLAST OFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, ESPECIALLY APOLLO 11,…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 23, 2021          RUSSIA THIS WEEK DISPLAYED A NEW STEALTH FIGHTER AND A NEW MISSILE CAPABLE OF SUPERSONIC SPEED. IT COULD SOON BE ABLE TO CARRY A NUCLEAR WARHEAD WITH A RANGE OF UP TO SIX THOUSAND MILES. RUSSIA HAS REBUILT 80 PERCENT OF ITS MILITARY, ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS. CHINA…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 22, 2021          THREE YEARS AGO, FRANKLIN GRAHAM PREACHED IN BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND. ADS WERE PLACED ON BUSES. THEY SAID, “TIME FOR HOPE,” BUT WERE ORDERED REMOVED BECAUSE OF GRAHAM’S VIEWS ON TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE. A COURT SUBSEQUENTLY RULED THE BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL AND BUS COMPANY WERE WRONG. RATHER THAN CONTINUE THE LEGAL…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 21, 2021          HAVING COVERED AND COMMENTED ON POLITICS AND POLITICIANS FOR MOST OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER I AM ALWAYS AMUSED WHEN I HEAR POLITICIANS PROMISE TO TELL THE TRUTH, OR MOST RECENTLY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PLEDGE TO ROOT-OUT DISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.          POLITICIANS ARE THE SOURCE OF MUCH DISINFORMATION.…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 20, 2021          RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBA WARRANT A LOOK BACK TO CONTRAST WHAT THE RELIGIOUS LEFT SAID THEN ABOUT THE COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP OF FIDEL CASTRO AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING NOW. FEW HAVE KEPT UP AS WELL ABOUT CUBA AND THE DETERIORATION OF THE RELIGIOUS LEFT AS MARK TOOLEY, WHO…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 19, 2021          BIG BROTHER; THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH; IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH, WAR IS PEACE; FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.          THESE ARE ALL QUOTES FROM GEORGE ORWELL’S CLASSIC “1984.” TODAY THEY ARE COMING TRUE.          THE WHITE HOUSE IS MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA TO IDENTIFY WHAT SPOKESWOMAN JEN PSAKI CALLS “PROBLEMATIC POSTS.” THEY…

CAL THOMAS COMENTARY JULY 16, 2021          THERE’S AN OLD WASHINGTON JOKE: HOW DO YOU TELL WHEN A POLTICIAN IS LYING? WHEN HIS LIPS ARE MOVING.          THE LEFT HAS TAKEN LYING TO A NEW LEVEL. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ANNOUNCED A $300 SO-CALLED “CHILD TAX PAYMENT” FOR PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN INCOMES. WHAT HE DOESN’T SAY…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 15, 2021          REMEMBER AS A CHILD TELLING A LIE TO YOUR PARENTS? YOU WERE USUALLY FOUND OUT AND OFTEN PUNISHED. YOU ALSO FELT SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT.          NOT TODAY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT POLITICIAN YOU CAN LIE WITH IMPUGNITY AND NEVER BE SHAMED OR CALLED-OUT BY THE ENABLING…