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A history lesson By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency They don’t teach history, at least American history, like they did when I attended public school. That’s why the recent hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to become an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court served as a teachable moment. Repeatedly, Kavanaugh referenced the Federalist…

Obama goes on attack, but arguments fall flat against Trump successes By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency He’s back! President Obama has emerged from his supposed cloistered life to attack President Trump. Obama broke with a tradition apparently only modern Republican ex-presidents follow, which is not to speak ill of your successor. Obama, who reportedly…

Bipartisanship or caving in? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Bipartisanship or caving in? In the days following the death of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), there have been mournful cries lamenting the lack of bipartisanship for which his eulogizers and friends claim he stood. Dictionary.com defines bipartisan this way: “representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions.” If…

Eminently qualified Kavanaugh facing hostile Democrats  By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Since Robert Bork’s “borking” 30 years ago, Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for a high court nominee by a Republican president have become predictable. Democrats, who favor a “living Constitution,” meaning whatever they think the founding document ought to say, are pitted against “originalists,”…

The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Sexual scandals and inappropriate behavior are as old as the Bible. I give you (1 Corinthians 5:1) in which Paul writes: “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A…

Double standards By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Finding someone in Washington who is nonpartisan and puts the nation’s interests ahead of their own is so rare these days that he or she, if found, might well qualify as an endangered species. But once in a while — call it the law of averages —…

The doctor is (not) in By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If you are frustrated by wait times to see your doctor, the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs, just wait until there may be no doctor to see. NBC Newsrecently broadcast a story about how fewer young people are entering the medical profession.…

Omarosa tries to channel Anita Hill By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Where have we seen this play before: A woman comes forward to accuse a conservative of inappropriate behavior in hopes of harming him sufficiently so he will be unable to achieve his policy objectives? People with even short memories will recall “act one”…

Prison reform: An unlikely GOP issue By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Prison reform has normally been an issue embraced by Democrats, not Republicans. But, perhaps, like so many other things in the Trump administration, this, too, is about to change. Last Thursday, President Trump held a roundtable discussion at his Bedminster, New Jersey, property, five governors…

Advice for the president By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Dear Mr. President, “Would you take this advice I hand you like a brother”? It’s a song lyric from the musical “The Pajama Game,” but fitting here. There is a way you can hang onto your base, keeping them engaged, energized, without the constant Twitter…