Cal Thomas
Columns by Cal Thomas
Trump and Sulzberger on media bias
Every president since George Washington has suffered from a critical press. Published August 1, 2018
‘What’s not to like about Trump policies’?
Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup. Published July 30, 2018
The seduction of socialism
For the current generation, sometimes referred to as millennials, it appears one thing is more seductive than sex — and that's socialism. Published July 25, 2018
Importing votes via the undocumented
San Francisco is permitting "undocumented immigrants," as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Published July 23, 2018
Trump can diffuse the fuss by declassifying material subpoenaed by Congress
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, Mr. Trump said he had misspoken when he expressed doubt about Russian culpability. but several things need to be kept in mind. Published July 18, 2018
Consumer confidence is high, Democratic sore losers are not gaining ground
Last week was not a good one for anti-Trumpers, who include virtually all Democrats and most establishment Republicans. Published July 16, 2018
The judicial mindset of Brett Kavanaugh
If Alexander Hamilton had been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court today, Democrats would likely oppose him. Published July 11, 2018
Europe is waking up to the threat
Much of Europe was asleep, or in denial, when the Nazis took power and began rebuilding their military in violation of the Versailles Treaty that brought World War I to an end. Now, after years of virtually unlimited migration from predominately North African and other Muslim regions, some European nations are awakening to what this could mean for their countries and are responding, hoping it's not too late. Published July 9, 2018
Donald Trump supporters compared to cultists
Bob Corker, the outgoing Republican senator from Tennessee, recently compared supporters of President Trump to members of a cult. The Washington Post quoted Sen. 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 cult-like situation as it relates to a president that happens to be of — purportedly — of the same party." Published July 4, 2018
Back to the Constitution
The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the U.S. Supreme Court is about to bring a 60-year battle to a head. Published July 2, 2018
30 years of ‘global warming’ panic
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the "global warming" (now known as "climate change") panic. Published June 27, 2018
A restaurant’s expulsion of Sarah Sanders is pure ideology
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 schools in the 1950s were mostly segregated, as they had been since first established in 1870. Published June 25, 2018
Democrats, whose policies contributed to the separation of kids, seem to be overwhelmed with empathy
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. Published June 20, 2018
It’s hard to believe that the FBI’s political bias wasn’t working against Trump
Would you consider a jihadist biased against Jews? Could a member of a white supremacist group be accused of bias against non-whites? Published June 18, 2018
A tribute to Charles Krauthammer
I have often thought that tributes to those we love are best made when the object of our affection is still with us, rather than at their funerals. Published June 13, 2018
Lessons for the Trump-Kim summit
The unprecedented, historic and weird summit (Dennis Rodman might be there) between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un, scheduled to begin Tuesday, if there are no surprises, could produce the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, or just more of the same lies and dissembling from North Korea we have seen before. Published June 11, 2018
How the Colorado Human Rights Commission tried to punish people of faith
Nothing appears beyond the reach of the social engineers, not even cake. Published June 6, 2018
Different standards for the left
We've come a long way from harmless playground jibes like "your mother wears combat boots," to those of today from the likes of Samantha Bee and other leftist "entertainers" who say things about President Trump and his family that are so vulgar they can't be printed in a newspaper or quoted on television. Published June 4, 2018
Ireland votes to play God
The scientific, moral and theological battle between life as an "endowed unalienable" right and the evolutionary view that we are just material and energy shaped by pure chance in a random universe with no author of life, no purpose for living and no destination after we die has been won in Ireland by the evolutionists. Published May 30, 2018
NFL teams must also end the harassment of their cheerleaders
It took two years, boycotts by fans, declining TV ratings, growing alarm among advertisers, a drop in the sale of gear and especially a public shaming by President Trump, but the owners of NFL teams have finally decided their players will not be allowed to kneel or make other protests during the playing of the national anthem. Published May 28, 2018
