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Cal Thomas: A different narrative on Jan. 6?
From the commentary: Donald Trump has accumulated his own heavy baggage, but the Fox videos are the alternative view of some on the right that the story of that day was only partially told and the narrative created by the committee was designed to produce a predetermined political outcome. → Read More
Cal Thomas: Pay any price? Bear any burden?
From the commentary: The president should explain the goal )(of the United States in Ukraine) and in the meantime ask European nations to step up their aid to Kyiv. → Read More
Cal Thomas: History in black and white
From the commentary: Is history repeating itself in our day with the failures of progressivism? If it is, will history repeat next year should voters reject the progressive agenda? → Read More
Cal Thomas: The Coolidge presidency at 100 years
From the commentary: Calvin Coolidge said: "Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. ..." → Read More
Cal Thomas: Mitt Romney and authoritarianism in America
From the commentary: Mitt Romney and authoritarianism in America → Read More
Cal Thomas: Looking up, looking down for U.S. security
From the commentary: It said enough to the City Council in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which recently voted unanimously to block the purchase by a Chinese company of a corn mill after national security concerns were raised by the U.S. Air Force because of its proximity to a military base. → Read More
Cal Thomas: A fading star vs. a rising star
From the commentary: Gov. (Sarah) Sanders said more in her short speech than (Pres. Goe) Biden said in his long one. → Read More
Cal Thomas: Misplaced faith in big government
From the commentary: The real problem is that too many Americans have come to rely on the government for what it was never created to do and less on themselves. → Read More
Cal Thomas: Scandal? What scandal?
From the commentary: In another America where laws were once supposed to be equally enforced (the exception being the rule) and truth was not personal, this would likely not have been a problem. → Read More
Cal Thomas: A surprise resignation in New Zealand
From the commentary: For many, politics is either an aphrodisiac, or a drug. Both are addictive and difficult to break free from. → Read More
Cal Thomas: The other side of fame
From the commentary: Lisa Marie's father loved her, so far as he seemingly understood love. He just never appeared to grasp its full meaning. → Read More
Cal Thomas: China is a threat not only to Taiwan
From the commentary: Eternal vigilance and the opposition to tyranny are the price free people must pay to maintain their freedom. → Read More
Cal Thomas: Where have all the intellectuals gone?
From the commentary: There's a proverb that seems to make my point: "Iron sharpens Iron, so one person sharpens another" (Proverbs 27:17). → Read More
Cal Thomas: Barn doors and horses
From the commentary: Lying in Washington is an art and clearly Jean-Pierre has not been there long enough to even merit an undergraduate degree in misinformation. → Read More
Cal Thomas: A new year of 2023 but nothing new
From the commentary: A French saying echoes his observation: "plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." The familiar English translation: The more things change, the more they remain the same. → Read More
Cal Thomas: An old debt carries over to a new year
"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt." — Herbert Hoover "Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt." — Benjamin Franklin Eighteen Republican senators voted for the monstrosity known as the $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill, thus forever relinquishing their claim to belong to a party committed to less spending, smaller government, and personal… → Read More
Cal Thomas: It was simply bad political theater
From the commentary: President Joe Biden should consider a Donald Trump pardon in exchange for a Trump promise never again to seek the presidency, or any other public office. → Read More
Cal Thomas: The false god of politics
From the commentary: No power on Earth can equal right decision-making by individuals. ... Changed hearts do. That can only occur when one accepts a Higher Authority to transform and guide their lives. → Read More
Cal Thomas: Kyrsten Sinema departs the Democratic Party
From the commentary: Good luck Sen. Sinema in your efforts to combat extremism. Your challenge will be less defining what is extreme and more defining what is normal. → Read More
Cal Thomas: Congressional lame-duck quackery
From the commentary: The federal government is taking in a record amount of revenue, but spending more than it receives and Democrats want to spend even more. Why is Congress deaf to the warnings of → Read More