Articles by Cal Thomas

SocietyCommentary

The Wisdom of Walter Williams

Cal Thomas | December 10, 2020

Wisdom is not the same as information, or knowledge. These days, there is more information available to everyone than ever before, thanks to the internet,… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Trump Is Still Winning on the Economy

Cal Thomas | December 10, 2020

Some people can’t handle success. The latest jobs report shows that despite the pandemic, President Donald Trump’s policies of lower taxes and reducing regulations continue… Read More

LawCommentary

Supreme Court’s 5-4 Ruling Shows How Religious Liberty Hangs by a Thread

Cal Thomas | December 01, 2020

In totalitarian societies, governments suppress the church and religious worship. That’s because dictators think citizens should worship them as the highest authority—and not a Higher… Read More

SocietyCommentary

A Most Unusual Thanksgiving

Cal Thomas | November 25, 2020

I have loved song lyrics since briefly flirting in my teens and early 20s with a career in musical comedy, settling instead for journalism after… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Justice Alito’s Important Warning

Cal Thomas | November 22, 2020

Everywhere one looks there are warning signs, from labels on cigarette packs warning that smoking causes cancer to ridiculous labels on thermometers that read, “Once… Read More

LawCommentary

The Pollsters Got It Wrong Again

Cal Thomas | November 05, 2020

The pollsters got it wrong again. Some claimed going into Tuesday’s election that Joe Biden had an unbeatable margin of 17 points in some states…. Read More

LawCommentary

Supreme Court Vacancy Opportunity for Conservatives

Cal Thomas | September 22, 2020

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives conservatives and Republicans what they claim to have wanted since judicial activism became the norm… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Why So Much Anger?

Cal Thomas | September 17, 2020

There was a time in America, unknown or not experienced by people under the age of 50, when politics was a contact sport played with… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Lesson Behind Falwell’s Fall

Cal Thomas | September 03, 2020

The ouster of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. over allegations of sexual misconduct and other behavior that falls short of the university’s code of… Read More

SecurityCommentary

1 Question Remains in Trump’s Underappreciated Middle East Victory

Cal Thomas | August 21, 2020

Anything that reduces tensions in the Middle East and contributes to Israel’s security should be applauded. The agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel… Read More

LawCommentary

Trump Is Right About Mail-In Ballots

Cal Thomas | August 11, 2020

I begin with a personal story to make a greater point. Two weeks ago, I mailed an 8-by-10-inch envelope from a Miami post office to… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

John Lewis’ Funeral Was a Political Event

Cal Thomas | August 04, 2020

Traditionally, funerals are supposed to serve at least three purposes: honor the life of the deceased, comfort those who mourn his passing, and preach a… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Troubling Goals of the Black Lives Matter Movement

Cal Thomas | July 31, 2020

Politicians and various social justice groups have long used labels that have nothing to do with the real intent of legislation, or an organization, to… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Rioters Are Seditionists, Not Protesters

Cal Thomas | July 28, 2020

The violence perpetrated in the streets of cities across America continues because state and local elected officials (all Democrats) refuse to do what is necessary… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Spending as If There Is No Tomorrow

Cal Thomas | July 21, 2020

I am not in the habit of quoting leftist Noam Chomsky, but this line seems relevant when one considers our growing national debt: “When you… Read More

EconomyCommentary

A Fatal Conceit in Miami

Cal Thomas | July 18, 2020

MIAMI—The on-again, off-again opening and closing of restaurants in Miami has angered restaurant owners in the area. Last week, 30 of them gathered to protest… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Could Roger Stone Have a Conversion Experience Like Charles Colson?

Cal Thomas | July 14, 2020

President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his longtime friend and political adviser Roger Stone just days before Stone was to begin… Read More

LawCommentary

DC Already Is a ‘State’

Cal Thomas | June 30, 2020

In the latest of many cynical and highly political moves, the House of Representatives last week passed a measure that would transform the District of Columbia… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Tearing Things Down Does Not Help Others Rise

Cal Thomas | June 17, 2020

It is a gift, as Robert Burns wrote, to see ourselves as others see us. One of those “others” is Caroline Glick, who writes on… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

A Contract With Black America

Cal Thomas | June 09, 2020

On Oct. 26, 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to a mostly African American audience in Charlotte, North Carolina. He said: Every African American citizen… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Rush Limbaugh’s Important George Floyd Conversation

Cal Thomas | June 04, 2020

Which of the following would you consider the most unusual and least likely to occur? 1. President Donald Trump calls Speaker Nancy Pelosi to invite… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Racism, Rioting, and Redemption

Cal Thomas | June 02, 2020

It was a night I shall never forget. The date was April 4, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis and… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Liberals’ Latest Coronavirus Package Shows Why Americans Loathe Congress

Cal Thomas | May 19, 2020

In the pantheon of great lines suitable for induction into “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” is Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2010 comment about Obamacare: “We have to pass… Read More

LawCommentary

As Investigations Continue, More Could Come After Flynn Exoneration

Cal Thomas | May 12, 2020

For three years former national security adviser Michael Flynn was put through a legal and financial wringer by top officials within the FBI, including its… Read More

InternationalCommentary

COVID-19 Not the Only Threat From China

Cal Thomas | May 11, 2020

The destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent demise of the Soviet Union two years later lulled the West into a false… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Once Upon a Time in Another America

Cal Thomas | May 01, 2020

The Wall Street Journal, which is generally considered conservative when it comes to economic issues, published a front-page story last Monday with this headline: “Coronavirus… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Generation That Faced Hunger, Polio, and War Would Be Ashamed

Cal Thomas | April 28, 2020

Getting my parents and grandparents to talk about their experiences during the Great Depression and World War II was always difficult. They lived in the… Read More

EducationCommentary

The Welcome Rise of Homeschooling

Cal Thomas | April 15, 2020

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced public schools will be closed for the rest of the academic year due to the new… Read More

Health CareCommentary

The Importance of Optimism Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Cal Thomas | April 07, 2020

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.” (Proverbs 17:22 NLT) Everywhere you look—from newspaper headlines, to TV “alerts,”… Read More

SocietyCommentary

News Media Needs to Be Saved, Especially From Itself

Cal Thomas | April 06, 2020

I confess to a certain self-interest in today’s column. The media, especially newspapers, are in trouble. Conservatives like myself have been relentless in attacking their… Read More