LawNews
The Wisconsin National Guard will support local law enforcement if civil unrest follows a charging decision in the case of the officer-involved, near-fatal shooting last… Read More
LawNews
It took six months of rioting and millions of dollars in property damage for Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, to order increased law… Read More
SocietyCommentary
After 2020—a year with a deadly pandemic, a crushing economic shutdown, brutal riots, and a contested presidential election—it often feels as though things can’t get… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The year 2020 is now commonly dubbed the annus horribilis—“the horrible year.” The past 10 months certainly have been awful. But then so was 1968,… 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
SocietyCommentary
COOK FOREST, Pennsylvania—It has just finished snowing here, and the forest looks magical, draped in white. It takes on a silvery blue shine under the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Was 2020 the worst year ever? The media keep saying that. We did have the pandemic, a bitter election, unemployment, riots, and a soaring national… Read More
SocietyNews
A high school student held onto a 2016 video of a young girl saying a racial slur, then posted it online after she had chosen… 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
SocietyAnalysis
Father and daughter Mat and Savanna Shaw began singing duets together from their kitchen table at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. After they posted… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I am writing this column upon returning home to California after five days in Florida. For the first time since my first trip to Los… 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
SocietyNews
Planned Parenthood is preparing its wish list for former Vice President Joe Biden’s prospective administration, but pro-life forces are gearing up for a fight. In… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Until Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, recently stood up as the voice of reason, and blocked a museum dedicated to those Americans the government hives off… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Some governing areas fall neatly under easily recognized policy umbrellas. Relations with other countries come under the auspices of “foreign policy,” and when those relations… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Visa and Mastercard are reportedly blocking payments on Pornhub due to allegations of child pornography on the website. What is going on here? Nicholas Kristof,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Abraham Lincoln didn’t do enough for black lives, according to militant proponents of the woke revolution. In October, the San Francisco Unified School District School… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Most American Jews celebrate Hanukkah, at least with a family dinner or the lighting of a menorah, and in America, most non-Jews have heard of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I met economist and professor Walter Williams when I interviewed him while hosting a local TV show in Cleveland. We discussed a number of topics… Read More
SocietyNews
President Donald Trump’s administration has been focused on protecting and fighting for the right to life, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday. “President Trump said early… Read More
SocietyCommentary
During a press conference Thursday, Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., took it upon himself to tell the faithful not only how they should worship, but also… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, is discovering the hard way that even virtue signaling has diminishing returns. So, no, prattling on about how… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on Dec. 10 in recognition of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Turns out, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., does a better job selling Goya than her radical agenda. According to the company’s CEO, her boycott of the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
Sometimes, the legacy of great men is that the world doesn’t realize how great they were until they are gone. This might be the case… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
The United Kingdom long has been on the progressive end of the transgender issue, so when it pumps the brakes, America should pay attention, says… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
There’s no denying that 2020 has been a trying year. Churches all over the nation closed their doors because of COVID-19. Rioters burned and looted… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Noxious Marxist theories that have festered in academia for decades finally burst out of ivy-covered walls in 2020, invading all aspects of American life. It… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There’s a lot of talk these days about conspiracies. A huge number of Americans are prone to believing some pretty wild stuff. This is true… Read More
