Cal Thomas Commentary Archives

The White House said it was still hopeful that Tehran would change its mind. Why should they?

Barack Obama says that even though the surge has worked, he still opposes it. More and more Americans are agreeing with him.

Several federal agencies have come up with figures for the dollar value of a human life. The purpose is to analyze the costs and benefits of new...

The media were consumed last week by a cartoon on the cover of the New Yorker magazine.

Four years ago, Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage. Now, the Massachusetts legislature has repealed a 1913 law that...

Are there not economic principles that transcend party and ideological label? This should be a non-partisan issue.

Supply and demand drives the price of oil and gasoline, not politicians.

Two friends of mine left us last weekend and we are worse off because of it: Dr. Michael DeBakey and Tony Snow.

Iran has fired nine missiles – or seven if you accept the American count. Iran says more are ready for launch. Some are thought to have enough...

This isn’t the first time Jesse Jackson has been revealed as something other than his public persona. But with liberal Democrats it almost never...

Here’s an additional story that should worry more than the British. Two schoolboys received detention when they refused to kneel and pray to Allah...

Dr. Karl Menninger wrote a book titled, “Whatever Became of Sin?” In our day, I would ask a similar question: whatever became of shame?

At Iraq’s request, the American military has transferred hundreds of metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq to Canada in a secret operation...

The Washington Times is a terrific newspaper. If you don’t get it or read it online, you should. You’ll get stories you won’t find anywhere else,...

Sometimes I wonder how we’ve lasted so long. I think it is largely because America has always been an idea in search of the ideal. We celebrate...