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 draw conclusions consistent […]
Author: Cal Thomas
Force-feeding ideology
It was just a matter of time before choice became mandatory. Last week, a federal judge denied a request by parents of students in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Montgomery […]
Questions I would ask the GOP candidates
Tonight’s GOP primary debate in Milwaukee for the Republican candidates for the presidency will be more a Q&A session than a classic debate, but that’s OK. Viewers will have a […]
Arms or money for hostages: What’s the difference?
The Biden administration is transferring $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets in South Korea to an account in Qatar, which Iran will be able to access, in what appears to […]
The Founders warned us
That America’s Founders were brilliant men supported by equally strong women is beyond dispute. They created a framework for a new nation and a Constitution that, if obeyed, would provide […]
Shame on us: How did we get from Coolidge to Trump and Biden?
Plymouth Notch, Vt. — One hundred years ago on Aug. 2, President Warren Harding died and Calvin Coolidge became America’s 30th president. The contrast between the two men is stark. […]
Tony Bennett: More than a ‘crooner’
It was in the early 60s. I was a copy boy at NBC News and the overnight disc jockey for the local radio station called and asked if I’d like […]
Get tested, Biden
It began shortly after President Biden’s inauguration. First, there were whispers and what seemed like slander on far-right websites and social media that the president was suffering from cognitive decline. […]
The catastrophe du jour
King Charles III has launched a catastrophe countdown clock. It will tick until 2030, a year in which he predicts “serious consequences” if the world doesn’t effectively address “climate change.” […]
A step toward true equality: Supreme Court ends affirmative action
It may not have had the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation, or the civil rights legislation of the 1960s, but last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court that affirmative action […]
