Cal Thomas is a syndicated columnist, author, and broadcaster. He has authored several books, including “America's Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States." Readers can email him at [email protected].
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The guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts was correct, based on the evidence, but the theatrics leading up to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The first question most people ask after mass shootings like the one last week at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis in which a 19-year-old male… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden’s announced intention to complete the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, exactly 20 years after the terrorist attacks… Read More
LawCommentary
If one can say the pandemic has had any positive side effect, it has been to help us focus on what the loss of liberties… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Back in the day when “Saturday Night Live” was funny, Chevy Chase would open the “Weekend Update” segment by saying, “I’m Chevy Chase … and… Read More
LawCommentary
At his news conference last Thursday, President Joe Biden said of Georgia’s new voting law, “It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.” Jim Crow… Read More
SecurityCommentary
When I heard Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas say last Sunday on “Meet the Press” that the southern border “is closed,” it immediately brought to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The front-page headline in Monday’s Wall Street Journal said: “Biden weighs how to pay for agenda.” Who purchases something they know they can’t afford, and… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When a politician promises to “tell the truth,” as President Joe Biden did in his nationally televised address last Thursday, you can add that statement… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I recently had to cancel a long-planned trip to South America, either because the countries I wanted to enter are closed or required up to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Joe Biden has challenged those who oppose the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill disingenuously dubbed “COVID relief,” or the more deceitful “American Rescue Plan.” “What would they… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
I wasn’t going to write a second column on the passing of Rush Limbaugh but given the reaction from hostile and snarky individuals—even from a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What is it about people who are successful in one field and believe that gives them credence to serve as an expert in a totally… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The man who picked me up at an airport too many years ago to recall the date asked if I had ever heard of a… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The people who hand out Emmy Awards should ask New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return the one they gave him. Cuomo received an Emmy… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
If the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump were a play it would close after one performance. The plot is known, the outcome is certain,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The problem with free money is that it leads to an addiction much like an addiction to drugs. In the case of the $1.9 trillion… Read More
EducationCommentary
During the rebellious ’60s, the slogan “power to the people” became a mantra for the young to protest what they saw as oppression from their… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Second only to his fixation on “climate change” is President Joe Biden’s focus on “systemic racism.” In addition to reinstating mandatory race theory training for… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Joe Biden and his press secretary, Jen Psaki, have assured us he is a “devout Catholic” who “attends church regularly.” The question is not new but… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
There is a perception, supported by many surveys, that what passes for contemporary journalism is more biased, even propagandistic, than in earlier times. One of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In 1980, singer Neil Diamond recorded a song that celebrated American immigration, first in the early 1900s and then more recently. The song included this… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The old saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold” is understood to mean it is better to deliver retribution for a perceived or actual… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
One of many things that will distinguish a President Joe Biden from his predecessor is that the incoming president is likely to speak less in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The mob violence that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was deplorable and disgusting. It is the antithesis of a free society that wishes… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I don’t like making predictions for a new year because they are just guesses and like palm readers, fortune-tellers, and “experts,” guesses are often wrong…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
From the looks of former Vice President Joe Biden’s selections for Cabinet positions and other high offices, it seems belief in “climate change” has become… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Editor’s note: This is a “classic” Cal Thomas that was originally distributed in 1991 upon the death of newsman Harry Reasoner. Of all the great and small… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A phrase one hears this time of year is about gifts that “keep on giving.” Most store-bought gifts are soon forgotten, but are there some… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
It isn’t that the alleged exploits, profits, and questionable business deals involving Hunter Biden and his father, Joe Biden, were not known for most of… Read More
