List/Grid Author Archives: Cal Thomas / Syndicated Columnist
Deviance Normal; That’s the Truth
In the aftermath of the exposure and resignation of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) from Congress, his colleagues, some journalists, ethicists and pundits are trying to sort out what it means.... Read more »
Bottom Feeding in Palin’s Email
If the big media in 2008 had dedicated the resources they are now squandering on Sarah Palin’s emails from when she was governor of Alaska and probed Barack Obama’s background... Read more »
Obama Plan Spells Israeli Doom
With friends like President Obama, who needs enemies? If you’re Israel, you already have quite enough of those. On May 14, the State of Israel observed the 63rd anniversary of... Read more »
A Nation Held Hostage by Spending
One of Dictionary.com’s definitions of blackmail is “to extort money from (a person) by use of threats.” Substitute “taxpayers” for “person,” and you have what the White House and congressional... Read more »
It’s OK To Make Plans for May 21
Politicians and political activists frequently declare the end of the world will occur if their candidate isn’t elected, or if the debt ceiling isn’t raised. Some conservative Christians think the... Read more »
Activist Changing Lives in Real Life, With Real Hope
Robert Woodson would probably wince if you called him a “community organizer.” That’s because for the last 30 years as president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, he has not... Read more »
Cost of Free Speech, It Seems, Too High for Some
The RINO (reverend in name only) Terry Jones is like his fellow RINO, Fred Phelps, but in political drag. Jones, the “pastor” (PINO?) of the tiny and inconsequential Dove World... Read more »
Hallmark Again Proves There’s Room on TV for Class
Growing up, “Hallmark Hall of Fame” represented the gold standard of what we would call today “family values” television, except that TV then rarely carried anything threatening to those values.... Read more »
