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It’s Our Fault

By Cal Thomas / January 24, 2018 / Comments Off on It’s Our Fault

Blame us for government shutdown By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If we don’t like what is happening in Washington — and few do — the blame must be placed squarely where it belongs. It is “we the people” who send these people here. We send people of different and often opposing viewpoints to Washington…

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Don’t Like State Taxes: Move!

By Cal Thomas / January 24, 2018 / Comments Off on Don’t Like State Taxes: Move!

High taxes produce a moving experience By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency One reason Democrats seem so fixated on importing illegal immigrants and allowing their children to stay and become citizens may be the exodus from high-tax and traditionally Democratic states. Anecdotal evidence is usually not helpful in determining trends, but when stories begin to…

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Extortion!

By Cal Thomas / January 16, 2018 / Comments Off on Extortion!

Al Capone lives! By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “You can get a lot farther with a smile and a gun than you can with just a smile.” This quote has often been attributed to the late Chicago mobster Al Capone, who with his fellow organized crime buddies used extortion as one of their tactics…

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China to the Rescue?

By Cal Thomas / January 10, 2018 / Comments Off on China to the Rescue?

Thanks, China (maybe) By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.” — Confucius Is China about to do the United States a big favor, however unwittingly? According to Bloomberg, China is considering whether to slow, or even stop, purchases of U.S. Treasuries. At $3.14 trillion, China holds the world’s largest foreign…

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Mad? Who’s Madder?

By Cal Thomas / January 8, 2018 / Comments Off on Mad? Who’s Madder?

Are Trump’s accusers ‘mad’? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Everybody’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer.” — W.C. Fields Having lost an election they thought they would win and unable to get over it; having been staggeringly wrong about their predictions that a Trump presidency would be the end…

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Counting Character

By Cal Thomas / January 2, 2018 / Comments Off on Counting Character

Character counts, but so do results By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I do not make it a practice to comment on the work of fellow columnists, though occasionally some care to comment on mine, which is fine. I’m happy to help them make a living. An exception will be made here because of New…

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