![Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox News Monday night as Iowa voters caucused and delivered a decisive victory for Donald Trump in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination and a second term as president. Gingrich joyfully predicted that Trump would not only win the nomination but would win the White House in November with a minimum of 29 states. Gingrich may be right, but voter turnout in Iowa was down from four years ago and the lowest in more than a decade. Sub-zero temperatures were likely a contributing factor, as might a view by some that Trump had […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/thomas-caucus-20240118-1.jpg?w=133 "Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox News Monday night as Iowa voters caucused and delivered a decisive victory for Donald Trump in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination and a second term as president. Gingrich joyfully predicted that Trump would not only win the nomination but would win the White House in November with a minimum of 29 states. Gingrich may be right, but voter turnout in Iowa was down from four years ago and the lowest in more than a decade. Sub-zero temperatures were likely a contributing factor, as might a view by some that Trump had […]")
Cal Thomas: Is it over?
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox News Monday night as Iowa voters caucused and delivered a decisive victory for Donald Trump in his quest to win the Republican...
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![“Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That’s not going to happen.”– Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush during a 2016 debate with Trump. After watching too many of the Republican non-debates and the insults each of the candidates (and former candidates) have thrown at each other, along with the especially demeaning characterizations by Donald Trump of his rivals, it’s time for a dose of reality. For the sake of accuracy and truth the Republican Party should exchange its elephant symbol for one that is more reflective of today’s GOP. One candidate might be Triumph the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/thomas-triumph-20240116-1.jpg?w=59 "“Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That’s not going to happen.”– Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush during a 2016 debate with Trump. After watching too many of the Republican non-debates and the insults each of the candidates (and former candidates) have thrown at each other, along with the especially demeaning characterizations by Donald Trump of his rivals, it’s time for a dose of reality. For the sake of accuracy and truth the Republican Party should exchange its elephant symbol for one that is more reflective of today’s GOP. One candidate might be Triumph the […]")
Cal Thomas: Time to change the GOP logo
“Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That’s not going to happen.”– Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush during a 2016 debate with Trump. After watching...
![President Joe Biden is “down” with Black voters and I’m not speaking street slang. A new USA Today/Suffolk University Poll reveals one in five Black voters say they will support a third-party candidate instead of the president. That’s down substantially from the 92% of non-Hispanic Blacks who voted for Biden in 2020, according to the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/thomas-biden-20240111.jpg?w=132 "President Joe Biden is “down” with Black voters and I’m not speaking street slang. A new USA Today/Suffolk University Poll reveals one in five Black voters say they will support a third-party candidate instead of the president. That’s down substantially from the 92% of non-Hispanic Blacks who voted for Biden in 2020, according to the […]")
Cal Thomas: Biden’s continued cynical use of race
President Joe Biden is “down” with Black voters and I’m not speaking street slang. A new USA Today/Suffolk University Poll reveals one in five Black voters say they will support...
![Some voters in recent elections have complained about being forced to choose between “the lesser of two evils.” In the 2024 election it appears we are heading for a worse choice – the evil of two lessers. Donald Trump continues demeaning and defaming anyone who disagrees with him. He repeats unproven claims that the 2020 election was “stolen.” A myriad of other inaccurate statements has apparently had a negative influence on President Biden who has joined him in the mud pit. Recall it was Biden who promised to “bring us together” – always an impossibility given the conflicting ideologies of […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/thomas-biden-20240109-1.jpg?w=132 "Some voters in recent elections have complained about being forced to choose between “the lesser of two evils.” In the 2024 election it appears we are heading for a worse choice – the evil of two lessers. Donald Trump continues demeaning and defaming anyone who disagrees with him. He repeats unproven claims that the 2020 election was “stolen.” A myriad of other inaccurate statements has apparently had a negative influence on President Biden who has joined him in the mud pit. Recall it was Biden who promised to “bring us together” – always an impossibility given the conflicting ideologies of […]")
Cal Thomas: The evil of two lessers
Some voters in recent elections have complained about being forced to choose between “the lesser of two evils.” In the 2024 election it appears we are heading for a worse...
![The resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay after “facing national backlash for her administration’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly work” does not solve the problem at America’s oldest college and other elite schools. She and many other university presidents are only a symptom of what’s wrong with our system […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/thomas-gay-20240104.jpg?w=132 "The resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay after “facing national backlash for her administration’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly work” does not solve the problem at America’s oldest college and other elite schools. She and many other university presidents are only a symptom of what’s wrong with our system […]")
Cal Thomas: President Gay is a symptom not the cause
The resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay after “facing national backlash for her administration’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly work” does not solve the...
![At the end of the year, we hear predictions about the future, many of which have been proven wrong – from the end of the world due to climate change, to the telephone is just a toy. (There is a story, probably apocryphal, that in 1876, the President of Western Union, William Orton, dismissed phones […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thomas-annie-20231228-1.jpg?w=111 "At the end of the year, we hear predictions about the future, many of which have been proven wrong – from the end of the world due to climate change, to the telephone is just a toy. (There is a story, probably apocryphal, that in 1876, the President of Western Union, William Orton, dismissed phones […]")
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Cal Thomas: Looking back, looking forward
At the end of the year, we hear predictions about the future, many of which have been proven wrong – from the end of the world due to climate change,...
![The joke is told about a poll taker who asks about ignorance and apathy in the country. “I don’t know, and I don’t care,” says the respondent. The consequences of that attitude are playing out across America. There are two questions most reporters never seem to ask when it comes to mass demonstrations like the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thomas-classroom-20231221.jpg?w=132 "The joke is told about a poll taker who asks about ignorance and apathy in the country. “I don’t know, and I don’t care,” says the respondent. The consequences of that attitude are playing out across America. There are two questions most reporters never seem to ask when it comes to mass demonstrations like the […]")
Cal Thomas: Ignorance and apathy
The joke is told about a poll taker who asks about ignorance and apathy in the country. “I don’t know, and I don’t care,” says the respondent. The consequences of...
![We are constantly told how necessary it is to find the“root causes” of everything, from crime, to illegal immigration, to the wave of antisemitism spreading across many college campuses and in our streets. Often, this call to examine root causes is simply a distraction that avoids coming up with solutions. Let’s not kid ourselves that the resignation of the president of the University of Pennsylvania for her refusal to unequivocally denounce genocide against Jews (though Liz Magill will stay on as interim president until a replacement is found and will also remain a tenured professor ) is going to solve anything so […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thomas-antisemitism-20231214-2.jpg?w=132 "We are constantly told how necessary it is to find the“root causes” of everything, from crime, to illegal immigration, to the wave of antisemitism spreading across many college campuses and in our streets. Often, this call to examine root causes is simply a distraction that avoids coming up with solutions. Let’s not kid ourselves that the resignation of the president of the University of Pennsylvania for her refusal to unequivocally denounce genocide against Jews (though Liz Magill will stay on as interim president until a replacement is found and will also remain a tenured professor ) is going to solve anything so […]")
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Cal Thomas: Root causes of lower learning
We are constantly told how necessary it is to find the“root causes” of everything, from crime, to illegal immigration, to the wave of antisemitism spreading across many college campuses and...
![Some years ago, D. James Kennedy preached a Christmas sermon at his Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, that became his most requested message. It was titled “Merry Tifton” and it was a metaphor based on a popular television show in the’50s called “The Millionaire.” On that show, a wealthy man named John Beresford Tifton […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thomas-christmas-star-20231221.jpg?w=132 "Some years ago, D. James Kennedy preached a Christmas sermon at his Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, that became his most requested message. It was titled “Merry Tifton” and it was a metaphor based on a popular television show in the’50s called “The Millionaire.” On that show, a wealthy man named John Beresford Tifton […]")
Cal Thomas: Merry Tifton
Some years ago, D. James Kennedy preached a Christmas sermon at his Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, that became his most requested message. It was titled “Merry Tifton” and...
![Television producer Norman Lear, who died last week at age 101, probably could not get away today with what he put on the small screen in the ’70s with his iconic sitcoms“All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons.” As Mel Brooks did in his movies “The Producers” and“Blazing Saddles,” Lear undermined the power of bigotry with humor. Lear also had a political side. It was politics that brought us together in the ’80s. He founded a group called People for the American Way, which was a counter to various groups on the Religious Right, including the Moral Majority, for which […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thomas-lear-20231212.jpg?w=59 "Television producer Norman Lear, who died last week at age 101, probably could not get away today with what he put on the small screen in the ’70s with his iconic sitcoms“All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons.” As Mel Brooks did in his movies “The Producers” and“Blazing Saddles,” Lear undermined the power of bigotry with humor. Lear also had a political side. It was politics that brought us together in the ’80s. He founded a group called People for the American Way, which was a counter to various groups on the Religious Right, including the Moral Majority, for which […]")
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Cal Thomas: Norman Lear and me
Television producer Norman Lear, who died last week at age 101, probably could not get away today with what he put on the small screen in the ’70s with his...