Cal Thomas
Columns by Cal Thomas
Indoctrination is driving some families away from public schools
As millions of children return to public school, it's a good idea to again examine what they are being taught and what is being left out. Published August 16, 2023
Biden’s bad Iranian deal
The Biden administration is transferring $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets in South Korea to an account in Qatar, which Iran will be able to access, in what appears to be an attempt to get Iran to release five imprisoned Americans. Published August 14, 2023
Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan reexamined
One of the advantages to a change in majority in one or both houses of Congress is that the public gets to see what the other party won't address or has been covering up. Published August 9, 2023
How to deter criminals
Some years ago, during a crime wave like the one we now seem to be experiencing, a bumper sticker appeared that said "Fight Crime Shoot Back." Published August 7, 2023
Political parties are ‘the most fatal disease’ of popular governments
That America's Founders were brilliant men supported by equally strong women is beyond dispute. Published August 2, 2023
Shame on us: Who’s to blame for today’s corrosive politics?
One hundred years ago on Aug. 2, President Warren Harding died, and Calvin Coolidge became America's 30th president. Published July 31, 2023
Irony at the border: If courts don’t rule in Texas’ favor, then laws don’t mean what they say
The Department of Justice has announced it is suing Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for using floating barriers in the Rio Grande to stop migrants from illegally crossing the southern border. Published July 26, 2023
Tony Bennett: More than a ‘crooner’
It was in the early 1960s. I was a copy boy at NBC News, and the overnight disc jockey for a local radio station called and asked if I'd like to go on a boat ride down the Potomac River with his guest, Tony Bennett. Published July 24, 2023
The French disconnection: Riots show influence of growing radical wing of Islam
Imagine the U.S. canceling the Fourth of July holiday due to high crime in our cities, and you get a sense of what has occurred in France. Published July 19, 2023
Secret Service makes me nervous: Rules for Democrats appear to be different
Irving Berlin's last musical was a largely forgotten show called "Mr. President" (1962). One of the silly songs below his usual high standards included the lyric "The Secret Service makes me nervous." Published July 17, 2023
Questions loom about Biden’s mental state
It began shortly after President Biden's inauguration. First, there were whispers and what seemed like slander on far-right websites and social media that the president was suffering from cognitive decline. Published July 12, 2023
Vice President Harris’ unknown language
If President Biden is serious about seeking a second term, he must fix the problem of his vice president, Kamala Harris. Published July 10, 2023
The catastrophe du jour: ‘Climate change’ doomsday predictions
King Charles III has launched a catastrophe countdown clock. It will tick until 2030, a year in which he predicts "serious consequences" if the world doesn't effectively address "climate change." Published July 5, 2023
Allowing everyone to compete on an equal plane
Last week's ruling by the Supreme Court that affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause is an important advancement toward equality for all. Published July 3, 2023
Pride vs. shame: ‘We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children’
At the end of the LGBTQ community's celebration of Pride Month, it might be worthwhile to consider some of the downsides of pride and its opposite -- shame, or humiliation. Published June 28, 2023
Is the whistleblower lying about Hunter Biden case, or is Merrick Garland?
It is an unfortunate truism of politics that partisans tend to believe the worst about members of the opposite party, and no amount of facts move people from their entrenched positions. Published June 26, 2023
America must wean itself from China
Many have tried not buying items made in China, but it is a near impossibility. Published June 21, 2023
In a decadent nation, what is inappropriate?
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently used a word that seems to have disappeared from our anything-goes culture. Published June 19, 2023
Journalism is in trouble, largely of its own making
Before the recently fired CNN President Chris Licht fades into a Google search, it is important to reflect on what he tried to do and why it was equivalent to offering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a corpse. Published June 14, 2023
The Trump indictment and our two-tier system of justice
In reporting on news of a federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, the Daily Mail posted a video of President Biden backing his Corvette into the garage, which contained boxes of classified documents. Published June 12, 2023
