Cal Thomas

Recent stories written by Cal Thomas

Vagaries mark reform bill (12/22/2009)

There were two snow jobs in Washington over the weekend. One came from the sky as a record December snowfall blanketed the city. The other came from Capitol Hill where the Senate labored to cover up the real effects of its massive "health care reform" bill.

Obama's jobs boast falls flat (12/15/2009)

In 1952, Shepherd Mead wrote a little book called "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." In 1961, it became an award-winning Broadway musical. It's an instruction book about how a young man with lots of drive and cunning can rise from the mailroom to the top of the company. One of the songs from the musical, sung by the main character, J. Pierrepont Finch, is "I Believe in You." Finch sings it to a mirror.

Mockery is the last refuge (12/8/2009)

"A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise." (Proverbs 15:12)British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken the route of many who would rather call names than have a serious debate about "climate change." He characterizes those who question "settled science" as members of the "flat earth" society. When people resort to name-calling it is a sign they have lost an argument.

Health care 'reform' alarming (12/1/2009)

Assuming a rock-solid 40 Republicans stand against the health care reform bill now being debated in the Senate, it will take just one Democrat or independent to derail this monstrosity, which along with its House companion may be the most disastrous piece of legislation ever to be this close to enactment by Congress.

Radical change starts small (11/24/2009)

Not all revolutions begin in the streets with tanks and guns. Some advance slowly, almost imperceptibly, until a nation is transformed and the public realizes too late that their freedoms are gone.

Trial will convey weakness (11/17/2009)

The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Instead of a Manhattan courtroom less than a mile from where the World Trade Center stood, the government should have chosen the Bronx Zoo, because a zoo is what will be created when this trial is held.