BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND — The new British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has commented on a report he commissioned that found the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is in a deplorable […]
Author: Cal Thomas
It’s not Netanyahu’s fault
President Biden says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to win the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza by the terrorist group Hamas. As the […]
The Harris-Walz interview
In television, the first thing you notice is what you see, not what you hear. It’s called optics and in the CNN interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and running […]
Reagan: The movie
The producers didn’t plan for the biopic about the life of Ronald Reagan to open so close to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but delays caused by the pandemic […]
San Francisco plus 40
The first Democratic National Convention I attended was in San Francisco in 1984. UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick indelibly labeled attendees “San Francisco Democrats,” because of their left-leaning policies. Forty years […]
Informing low-information voters
Bring back Jay Leno! The former host of the “Tonight Show” had a segment called “Jaywalking” during which he would ask people on the street easy questions they often couldn’t […]
Kamala Harris and the ‘flashy thing’
In the film “Men in Black,” a pen-like device causes people to forget everything they have seen and heard. Actor Will Smith calls it a “flashy thing.” It appears the […]
The CrowdStrike warning
“A defective update to an obscure piece of security software knocked out security systems around the globe Friday [July 19], causing widespread disruptions to travel, medical care and businesses of […]
Biden’s withdrawal doesn’t mean Harris automatically succeeds him
What is amusing and simultaneously contributes to the cynicism some feel about politics is how many Democrats claimed until recently that President Biden was a different man in private than […]
Tone down the rhetoric
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will […]
