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The Law and Racism
The overt racism and anti-Semitism written in the Buffalo shooter’s 180-page “manifesto” has been rightly denounced by civilized people. The usual questions are being asked. These include how did he get the ...Read more

We Must Protect Our Children From Becoming Progressives!
How are progressives made? By cooking them in a public school six hours a day, five days a week where they are seemingly indoctrinated with an ideology that contradicts the values and beliefs of many of their parents.
It began as a trickle, but now is approaching a flood as activist groups – notably LGBTQ organizations – have infiltrated ...Read more

Whipping Inflation – Then and Now
In 1974, when the inflation rate was 11.04 percent, President Gerald Ford came up with a slogan: “politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-2675237">Read more

Why Mother’s Day Weekend?
Irony doesn’t begin to explain why pro-choice activists chose Mother’s Day weekend to picket the homes of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts, who appear ready to overturn Roe v...Read more

The End of Roe?
Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed the accuracy of a leaked document that revealed an initial majority vote to overturn Roe vs, Wade. In that memo, politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-2672554">Read more

Propaganda American style
As with many things, propaganda can be used for good or for ill, depending on who dispenses it. During World War II, American propaganda was considered a necessary tool in the pursuit of victory in a moral cause. Germany and Japan had their own propaganda machines to advance an evil agenda.
The Nazi propaganda effort was headed by Joseph ...Read more

Ignorance and Apathy
There’s an old joke about a fictitious poll taker who asked people what they thought about ignorance and apathy when it comes to politics and elections. One respondent said, “I don’t know, and I don’t care.”
I thought of that joke after seeing a recent politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-2669523">Read more

Cal Thomas: What would Walt think?
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill passed by the Republican-majority legislature that revokes a special tax exemption and other privileges for Walt Disney World in Orlando. This was in response to the company’s current leadership and some of its employees who have protested another bill signed by the governor that prohibits the ...Read more

Free at Last (Until the Next Time)
“And they’re off,” as the callers of horse races say, but in this case, it means the government will no longer enforce mask mandates on airplanes, trains, buses, subways and other forms of public transportation.
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Elon Musk Wants to Promote Free Speech!
Americans who subscribe to “traditional values” have had to put up with a lot from the left in the name of the First Amendment. From vulgarities on TV (self-described First Amendment defenders said things like, “If you don’t like, it change the channel”), to sexual scenes in movies (“If you don’t like it, don’t go”), to the ...Read more

Biden the Ghost (Gun) Buster
Inflation ballooned 8.5 percent in March compared to a year ago, the largest increase since December 1981 and the fifth straight monthly surge.
So, what did President Biden choose to talk about before the Bureau of Labor...Read more

Parents rights: Round 2
The battle over whether parents, or public schools and elites should decide what goes into the minds and souls of students has entered a second stage.
The Washington Times reports LGBTQ activist groups are complaining about parents ...Read more

Condemn or Redeem Will Smith?
Actor Denzel Washington has done something increasingly rare these days. Variety reports Bishop T.D. Jakes interviewed Washington about Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock during the recent Academy Awards ceremony. Washington said...Read more

A Second ‘Contract with America’?
During the 1994 congressional campaign, Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and Dick Armey (R-TX) drew up what they called a ...Read more

Walk Forward Better
It’s an old Washington political trick. When you’re in trouble, change the subject.
When President Biden’s poll numbers are low and falling, when the economy has produced the worst inflation in four decades and gas prices in some states have reached record highs, when he claims we should expect food shortages and produces gaffes instead ...Read more

Conservatives Should Praise Biden for His Best and Most Energized Speech
President Biden’s speech from Warsaw Saturday night, reminded me of two previous presidents who delivered speeches confronting the autocracy that was then the ...Read more

Dealing with the Iranian Devil
When one sits down to make a deal with the devil, it is the devil who usually wins. That’s because he is “crafty,” as the book of Genesis describes him.
The United States and Iran appear on the cusp of a politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-2653609">Read more

The Many Forms of Censorship
There has been much in the news lately about censorship. The major media have been reporting on Vladimir Putin’s efforts to keep the Russian people from hearing the truth about his war against Ukraine and what President Biden has called war crimes.

The Woman and the Post Office
The line at the post office was long, so the woman in front of me decided to turn around and start a conversation. She was concerned about the current generation of young people and whether they would have enough inner strength to stand against an invading army as many Ukrainians are doing.
She said she feared today’s younger people (she ...Read more

Deeper and Deeper in Debt
In his State of the Union address, President Biden claimed he would, be “the only president to ever cut the deficit by more than $1 trillion in a single year.” While this is technically true, he ignores the fact that the reduction in the deficit ...Read more