We have again entered the season of gratitude. You remember gratitude, don’t you? It was what we expressed before we became entitled. Last Saturday was the observance […]
Author: Cal Thomas
Matthew Perry and the cult of celebrity
I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black-and-white pictures and television screens so […]
Dracula and spending cuts
Among the top priorities for newly selected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was his announced intention to form a bipartisan panel to cut massive spending that has […]
What a Palestinian state would look like
On “60 Minutes” on Oct. 15, President Biden said he thinks it would be a “mistake … for Israel to occupy … Gaza again.” He also conceded […]
The Yom Kippur War — plus 50
On Sept. 22, 2005, Israel completed its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. It did not take someone with the power of an Old Testament prophet to […]
An honest talk on immigration
The phrase “Climate change denier” has wormed its way into the modern lexicon to shame those who have a different view of the science supporting, or not, […]
Rupert Murdoch: Right from the start
LONDON — To read and watch the reaction of people who have hated Fox News from its creation, one might think it resembles dancing on someone’s grave, […]
Sex and the city: Political edition
The Republican Party, the party that for years has styled itself as the party of “family values” and “traditional marriage” has lost all credibility on these issues. […]
Getting the Saudi-Israel formula wrong
If one is mixing chemicals, getting the formula wrong can produce disastrous results. It is the same with international diplomacy. For decades the left was wrong about […]
Motives behind illegal immigration
It can be difficult to establish the motives of government leaders, unless they are told to us outright, or unless a pattern of behavior allows us to […]