Cal Thomas is a syndicated columnist, author, and broadcaster. He has authored several books, including “America's Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States." Readers can email him at [email protected].
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Remember the controversy in 2012 when President Barack Obama said, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” In… Read More
SocietyCommentary
President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised, “America will never be a socialist country.” Since Franklin Roosevelt began expanding government in the 1930s, the United States… Read More
LawCommentary
After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, investigators discovered that the lone man assigned to guard the president, John Parker, had abandoned his post to watch… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has urged President Donald Trump and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., to stop exchanging insults over conditions… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Calling someone “racist” has become the default position for liberal politicians and certain members of the media who wish to deflect attention from real problems…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Founders of the United States of America warned against massive federal debt, but, to our detriment, their political descendants are not paying attention. The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As a young reporter for a local TV station in Houston, I frequently visited NASA (“the space base,” we dubbed it), met many of the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Two summers ago on a visit to Budapest, I asked the spokesman for the Hungarian government about the growing problem of migrants coming into Europe…. Read More
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There was a time when calling someone a hypocrite could stain their reputation. No more. Like the overused and often misapplied word “racism,” hypocrisy has… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Only the most partisan person would begrudge prayers for the president of the United States, but a recent visit by President Donald Trump to the… Read More
