Cal Thomas
Columns by Cal Thomas
Liberal media bias on full display during White House’s COVID-19 press briefings
Watching the daily White House press briefings about the virus appears to have put reporters' biases on naked display. Published April 22, 2020
After an overreaction to COVID-19, it’s time to liberate America
Recent arbitrary executive orders by some governors have driven many who have never before demonstrated for or against anything into the streets of state capitals, with more likely to come. Published April 20, 2020
Former President Barack Obama (finally) endorses Joe Biden
Former President Barack Obama's video endorsement of Joe Biden on Tuesday came after every other candidate had pulled out. He even waited for Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign to endorse Mr. Biden. Published April 15, 2020
A positive COVID-19 pandemic ‘side effect’: Homeschooling
This new bonding experience could lead some to continue the practice of educating their children at home once this crisis has passed and public schools reopen. Published April 13, 2020
Joe Biden clearly unfit to be Democratic presidential nominee
There is a larger concern about Joe Biden, and I am not the first to mention it. Too often he seems "out of it," to employ a nonmedical term. The long list of his gaffes has become legion. Published April 8, 2020
Accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative during COVID-19 pandemic
Everywhere you look -- from newspaper headlines, to TV "alerts," to those too-long White House briefings, to people wearing masks in public places, there is hardly any news that isn't negative. Published April 6, 2020
How to save the news industry beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
The media, especially newspapers, are in trouble. Conservatives like myself have been relentless in attacking their collective bias over the years, but as more of them fold or reduce staff, it is crucial the institution be saved. Published April 1, 2020
Mortgaging America’s future for the sake of economic relief from coronavirus pandemic
It is not cognitive dissonance -- the impossibility of holding two or more contradictory beliefs simultaneously -- to favor the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump while at the same time worrying about what the increasing national debt (nearing $24 trillion and counting) will do to the country. Published March 30, 2020
Whatever happened to Dan Quayle?
He was the 44th vice president of the United States in the George H.W. Bush administration, but for the last 20 years, Dan Quayle has stayed mostly away from the unfriendly glare of political life. I called him to get his thoughts on the coronavirus and the current political scene. Published March 25, 2020
Coronavirus exposes U.S. dependence on China for drugs
If anything good can come from the coronavirus pandemic, it is the revelation of America's overreliance on China, especially when it comes to drugs. Published March 23, 2020
Coronavirus provides an opportunity to consider what matters most in our nation and our lives
When the virus is no longer a threat, will you return to your old ways? Will you again focus on money, things, status and work, or has this virus taught you a lesson, a lesson about what matters most for you, your family and the nation? Published March 18, 2020
Is this panic over coronavirus justified, or not?
Gee, I wonder why fear and anxiety are looming? Could the major media, which love promoting fear when it comes to hurricanes, also be promoting fear while mostly ignoring those who recover from the virus? Published March 16, 2020
Is Joe Biden mentally fit to be president?
Former Vice President Joe Biden recently announced he was a candidate "for the United States Senate." He called the state of Vermont "a neat town." "Make sure you have a record player on at night," he advised an audience and "Poor kids are just as talented as white kids." Published March 11, 2020
Schumer’s comments threatening conservative justices about a Louisiana abortion law ‘inexcusable’
Just when you may have thought that the low quality of political rhetoric in Washington could not get any worse, along comes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, to prove otherwise. Published March 9, 2020
United States bargains with the Taliban devil
The worst outcome would be a regrouping of terrorists in Afghanistan and another attack on the United States, which next time might result in more deaths than occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. Published March 4, 2020
Democrats must stop politicizing the deadly coronavirus
There is a disease going around, and I'm not talking only about the coronavirus. It's a political disease, and it seems to be spreading, especially among certain politicians who are looking for another way to expel President Trump from office. Published March 2, 2020
Bernie Sanders: Russia’s ideal socialist-communist candidate
The initial presumption was that Russian President Vladimir Putin favors President Trump's re-election. Why would he when he has someone more closely associated with his ideology than Mr. Trump? That would be the self-described Democratic socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent. Published February 26, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s Las Vegas debate debut didn’t ‘get it done’
The only thing that can be said about former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's first appearance with his fellow Democratic presidential candidates in Las Vegas Wednesday night was that Mike did not get it done, as his campaign ads promise he will if he becomes president. Published February 24, 2020
Mike Bloomberg replaces Joe Biden as the most gaffe-prone Democratic candidate
Mr. Bloomberg appears to be imitating President Barack Obama's "apology tour" by regularly expressing regret for a "stop-and-frisk" policy in minority neighborhoods. Published February 19, 2020
Buttigieg and Klobuchar: Moderate wing of Democratic Party returns but no room for pro-lifers
"For all the thunder on the Bernie Sanders left, the most interesting trend in the Democratic campaign this year may be the re-emergence of the moderate wing of the party, led by charismatic new voices: Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar." Published February 17, 2020
