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 Cal Thomas's column was distributed by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Cal Thomas began his nearly 40-year journalism career as a copyboy for NBC News in his native Washington, D.C. Cal Thomas also has worked as a general assignment reporter and anchor for KPRC-TV in Houston and for NBC News in Washington. For two years Cal Thomas hosted his own show on CNBC. It was nominated for a Cable Ace award as the best interview program on cable. Cal Thomas is a commentator/analyst for the Fox News Channel and appears weekly as a panelist on "Fox News Watch." Cal 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. Cal Thomas 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) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Most people who haven't finished (or even begun) their shopping are starting to worry about what gifts to give a friend, relative or spouse. Quick, what did you give or receive last year? How about two years ago? Most... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/17/the_perfect_gift 03eca2da-0d52-41e0-83c6-9651514c1263 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Early in my column-writing career I took note of comments by the singer Madonna. A skin magazine had published nude photos of her, taken when she was a teenager. An interviewer asked if she was ashamed about having... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/15/shameless 702fe8ff-39a5-41ac-83ec-f5f5b979635a Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT In 1952, Shepherd Mead wrote a little book called "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." In 1961, it became an award-winning Broadway musical. It's an instruction book about how a young man with lots of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/10/how_to_create_jobs_without_really_trying 0d55dfc8-b75d-4b28-a803-5eb2d164388d Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT "A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise." (Proverbs 15:12) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken the route of many who would rather call names than have a serious debate about "climate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/08/the_flathead_society bf0216d7-814b-435c-8014-0e142c3694d3 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Richmond, VA -- Virginia's governor-elect, Bob McDonnell, may be the future of the Republican Party, if he can translate his substantial electoral victory into policy victories following his Jan. 16, 2010 inauguration... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/04/bob_mcdonnell_new_face_for_the_gop 304c2867-6b89-4854-bc92-d177805b9e72 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Q. What will be your first two or three agenda items after you become governor next month? A. Jobs, jobs, jobs. That's what I campaigned on; that's what I'm going to govern on. We've got tough economic times and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/04/full_interview_with_governor-elect_bob_mcdonnell ba67cc85-e185-4893-8ab0-5fd719cdbeb7 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT President Obama should be commended for committing 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to root out al-Qaida and stabilize major portions of the country. I am far less certain about establishing a timetable, though... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/12/03/forward_on_afghanistan 624a9c49-2ad6-4904-bb7d-445db97be6ab Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT The United States Supreme Court this month heard arguments in a case that could decide whether a child who commits a crime should be sentenced in some circumstances to life without parole. There can be no... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/11/26/life_for_children 03efd1b0-f620-47fa-b698-2661563c8025 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Not all revolutions begin in the streets with tanks and guns. Some advance slowly, almost imperceptibly, until a nation is transformed and the public realizes too late that their freedoms are gone. Such is the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/11/24/ussa bfb045c2-a4e9-4bf1-a463-a6c3e3a24d97 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT I'm sure I would like Sarah Palin if I got the chance to meet her. We share many things in common. She is still married to her first spouse, as am I. She has a Down syndrome son. I have a brother with Down syndrome.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/11/19/sarah_palin_and_the_future_of_conservatism 352be349-74d2-40ba-a3e0-5ee60297c700 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Instead of a Manhattan courtroom less than a mile from the site of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/11/17/trying_terrorists_in_us_is_dangerous 1a4a4864-2522-4723-9ec4-b017ad0e6493 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Government and military officials have issued statements since last week's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas that have nothing to do with the reality of what occurred, what is occurring and what our enemies would... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/11/12/e_pluribus_diversity 484d47e9-a8e4-4c57-a1f8-8daa06e9dc2b Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT By now, the script should be disturbingly familiar. Whether in the Middle East, or increasingly in America, a fanatical Muslim blows up or goes on a shooting spree, killing many. This is quickly followed by... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/11/10/jihadists_in_the_military dc6171f0-fb1e-4276-b765-d6a144ca48bf Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/11/05/communisms_enablers_and_excusers f6bb5d92-dbba-4471-92d2-3cec4cc0f2c3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT