Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated op-ed columnist. 540 newspapers in the United States and abroad carry the column, now syndicated by Tribune Media Services in Chicago. For sixteen years his column was distributed by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Thomas began his nearly 40-year journalism career as a copyboy for NBC News in his native Washington, D.C. He also has worked as a general assignment reporter and anchor for KPRC-TV in Houston and for NBC News in Washington. For two years he hosted his own show on CNBC. It was nominated for a Cable Ace award as the best interview program on cable. He is a commentator/analyst for the Fox News Channel and appears weekly as a panelist on "Fox News Watch." Thomas is an author of ten books, including "Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can't Save America" (HarperCollins/Zondervan). His latest is, "The Wit and Wisdom of Cal Thomas." He is married and he and his wife, Ray, who is a family therapist, have four grown children. They live in Alexandria, Virginia. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ It is a privilege to spend 90 minutes with the president of the United States. It is frustrating, though, when 90 percent of those minutes are declared off the record. President Bush likes it that way, because... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/07/03/president_bush_off_the_record 3d2d94a3-6441-4bb1-9ce6-29a83e5c773c Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT In keeping with his "messiah" image, Barack Obama might have been more at home in Bethlehem, Pa., than in Unity, N.H., when he and his "former" nemesis, Hillary Clinton, opened their new act on the road to mixed... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/07/01/unity_is_not_union 4b25285b-76c4-4434-a1ff-c78218225229 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to take up the appeal lodged by environmental groups that focused on a two-mile stretch of border fence in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Naco, Ariz.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/26/if_you_build_it,_they_wont_come fce0dd67-d0d8-42d3-b86e-2a3ff4fc5960 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT There is a reason progress in Iraq is not receiving more attention. It isn't that Americans are "bored" or "tired" or have "moved on" or "don't care" or "have already made up their minds that the war was a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/24/progress_so_what 19effe5e-fdc7-4ba8-8779-d4d4f9d72ed6 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT When the terrorists attack again - as Homeland Security has repeatedly warned us they will - how many survivors will be consoled because the Supreme Court and the State Department looked out for the "rights"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/17/the_next_attack_coming_soon ea009b97-8732-49fa-9f6a-7e2890352216 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama's presidential campaign plans to strike at the heart of the Republican base by attempting to woo Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics to his side. The Christian Broadcasting Network's David... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/12/obama_is_no_joshua 8bfd9cf4-60df-4f30-b452-41d8062fb85f Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Listening to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton repeat stories they claim to have been told by the poor and the unemployed, who are unable to pay for food and medicine and feel miserable about it, is enough to make... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/10/lessons_from_the_poor ccd42679-5e32-448a-8f62-b4956d2d8067 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Sen. Hillary Clinton did not win enough delegates to capture the Democratic presidential nomination but she is not conceding to Barack Obama. It is a strategy of having it both ways that is familiar to Clinton... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/05/the_next_female_candidate 22da7fdb-5183-4c5f-ac9e-5c8f22fb9336 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT A self-identified African-American caller to a Washington, D.C., radio station characterized the recent anti-Hillary Clinton outburst by the white liberal Chicago priest, Michael Pfleger, as a "minstrel... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/03/pfleger,_politics,_and_pizza 61fd7420-ac50-44a2-bde3-bdbf03f36055 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Fraud: "deceit, trickery or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage." The HBO movie "Recount" tells the story from the Democratic Party point of view that the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/05/29/how_do_you_spell_f-r-a-u-d a7fab6ee-1364-4be1-b7c2-76a08ad0ded7 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is the polar opposite of John F. Kennedy. Judging from recent comments, Obama apparently would pay no price, bear no burden, forsake any hardship, support any foe... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/05/28/obama_see_no_evil 692744c1-dbc7-489a-bd60-39d938c208fb Wed, 28 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT These days, people on "one side" of the political spectrum are not supposed to cooperate, much less have a personal relationship with anyone on the "other side." Siding with "the enemy" can get you branded a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/05/22/god_bless_ted_kennedy 8d0c68a3-4339-478b-ad17-6c8e0f2b50ca Thu, 22 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT "Get back, get back. Get back to where you once belonged." - The Beatles The Republican Party is in distress. Doomsayers are everywhere. Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. Duncan complains that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/05/20/gop_get_back 7f7a4dc8-d01e-46fa-92bf-e10c255f2066 Tue, 20 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT In an effort to win over those "moderates" who believe that global warming is about to destroy the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain spoke Monday at a Portland, Ore., training facility for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/05/15/mccain_joins_global_warming_cult 1616be83-d30b-47fb-8031-b934870f33ff Thu, 15 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT With gas prices topping four dollars a gallon in some regions of the country, now may not be the best time to say something positive about "big oil," but here goes anyway. Where is it written that the cost for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2008/05/13/in_defense_of_big_oil 2deb574f-ada6-402b-86e0-58784f26ebc4 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT