Cal Thomas

American troops on board a truck at a forward command post in the city of Hu?, during the Battle of Hu?, Vietnam War, February 1968. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lessons From the Vietnam War for Iran

From the Right / Cal Thomas / Mar 31, 2026

We Americans are an impatient lot. If we must engage in warfare, we would prefer it be wrapped up in weeks, not months, and certainly not years like World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In those wars we had the draft, so more Americans were engaged in fighting and watching their progress, or lack thereof.

Today, while recruiting numbers have ...Read more

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) depart the White House on their way to Florida on March 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump is spending the weekend at his private Mar-a-Lago Club. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Political Instant Replay

From the Right / Cal Thomas / Mar 26, 2026

In sports, the instant replay was invented and first used by a man named Tony Verna on the Dec. 7, 1963 broadcast of the Army-Navy football game on CBS.

The political “instant replay” has no single ...Read more

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 19: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul attends a press conference on the release of NYC High School student Dylan Lopez Contreras at Middle Church on March 19, 2026 in New York City. Lopez Contreras was freed after spending nearly a year of detention after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a Lower Manhattan courthouse while attending a mandatory hearing. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Cal Thomas: Sending in the clowns

From the Right / Cal Thomas / Mar 24, 2026

Even someone with a rudimentary understanding of economics should know that if you tax a business or individual beyond their level of tolerance they will pack up and leave the state for one with lower or no state income tax. Unfortunately, one can’t escape the long arm of federal taxes.

Proof of this axiom comes from the IRS and its ...Read more

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson listen as Vice President JD Vance (C) speaks to the media after U.S. President Donald Trump signed paperwork during a White House signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on March 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump signed an executive order to create a task force on fraud which will be lead by Vice President J.D. Vance. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Second Coming of DOGE

From the Right / Cal Thomas / Mar 19, 2026

President Trump has signed an executive order creating a task force to crackdown on fraud in government programs. It will be headed by Vice president JD Vance.

This is the administration’s second effort to reduce government ...Read more

Flags of Jordan and the Muslim Brotherhood are waved with other protest signs denouncing the US-led Middle East economic conference in Bahrain, during a post-Friday prayers demonstration against US President Donald Trump's

Should America Have a Red Line?

From the Right / Cal Thomas / Mar 17, 2026

President Trump has acted as no other president has by unleashing a war on Iran whose objective is not only preventing the ayatollahs from ever building a nuclear weapon but ideally (though unmentioned) replacing the fanatics with leaders more friendly to Israel and the West and delivering freedom and prosperity to the Iranian people.

With two ...Read more