Cal Thomas Commentary Archives

Real personal income has fallen 3.2 percent since President Obama took office.

President Obama has summoned representatives of 40 nations to talk about reductions in nuclear arms with the goal of ridding the world of nuclear...

A rose by any other name is still a rose. And Islamic terrorism, founded in a religion, is still Islamic terrorism no matter what else anyone calls...

The new entitlement program will addict millions more Americans to government. Once a federal program has begun, it is nearly impossible to end it.

Authorities are worried about homegrown terrorists, but what do they expect? We allow immigrants from countries like Pakistan, which is a center...

What they don’t tell you is that many new jobs will be government jobs and not jobs in the private sector which produces goods and services people...

There is one public, all-male, all-black high school in Chicago that is doing a better job of turning out educated young black men than probably...

I am starting to lose count on the number of elections held in Iraq since its liberation from Saddam Hussein.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised that if Democrats took control of Congress she would see to it that Democrats would "drain the swamp."

Republican presidents are supposed to name moderates who are "in the mainstream," as the saying goes. But Democratic presidents...

Who among our political class best fits the dictionary definition of "radical"? One person stands out head and shoulder above and beyond all other...

The same-sex marriage battle was lost some time ago, when people stopped fearing God. But the world does what the world does.

Pelosi said Rangel didn't know that the trip violated ethics rules. Sure. Anyone who believes that will believe anything about our great public...

What is happening in the Washington suburb of Fairfax County, Va., demonstrates how progressive government manages to extract more and more money...

Republicans can learn something from Democrats about the use of power. When Democrats and liberals have it, they use it to achieve their goals.