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The seduction of socialism By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency For the current generation, sometimes referred to as millennials, it appears one thing is more seductive than sex — and that’s socialism. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, winner of a New York Democratic primary, are the old and new faces of socialist…
Read MoreThe name of the game: votes for Democrats By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency San Francisco is permitting “undocumented immigrants,” as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Who doubts this is the first step by the left and Democrats toward full voting rights in…
Read MoreQuestioning intelligence By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Did President Trump bungle the moment in Helsinki by casting doubt on American intelligence findings that Russian agents “meddled” in the 2016 election? His critics, including some Republicans, say so — and on Tuesday, Trump said he had misspoken when he expressed doubt about Russian culpability —…
Read MoreThe week that wasn’t for anti-Trumpers By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last week was not a good one for anti-Trumpers, who include virtually all Democrats and most establishment Republicans. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein picked last Friday, just three days before President Trump was scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, to announce…
Read MoreThe Brett Kavanaugh nomination By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If Alexander Hamilton had been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court today, Democrats would likely oppose him. About the court, Hamilton said: “[A] limited Constitution … can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose…
Read MoreTrump supporters compared to cultists By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Bob Corker, the outgoing Republican senator from Tennessee, recently compared supporters of President Trump to members of a cult. The Washington Post quoted Corker as saying: “It’s becoming a cultish thing, isn’t it? It’s not a good place for any party to end up with a…
Read MoreBack to the Constitution By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the U.S. Supreme Court is about to bring a 60-year battle to a head. For decades the country has witnessed a fight between those who believe the Constitution speaks for itself and others who believe it says whatever…
Read MoreThirty years of ‘global warming’ panic By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency This year marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the “global warming” (now known as “climate change”) panic. As noted by The Wall Street Journal, it was on June 23, 1988 that NASA scientist James E. Hansen testified before the Senate Committee on…
Read MoreBigotry returns to Virginia By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As a longtime resident of Virginia, I am well aware of its sordid history when it comes to slavery, racism and discrimination. I can still remember “colored only” restrooms, water fountains, poll taxes and African Americans forced to ride in the back of the bus. Virginia public…
Read MoreThe politics behind separation anxiety By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Need proof that the current controversy over children of undocumented immigrants is more political than humanitarian? Hillary Clinton said she was “adamantly against illegal immigrants” and supported a border wall until she ran for president in 2016. In his 1995 State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton said: “All…
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