Cal Thomas

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Israeli Communications Minister Limor Livnat, left, visits with convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, right, in 1997 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, N.C. Pollard, a former American civilian intelligence analyst, is still in jail nearly three decades after being sentenced to life in prison for taking classified documents he believed contained information important to Israel's self-defense. (AP Photo/Ayala Bar)

Jonathan Pollard: the ‘spy’ who is still out in the cold

Cal Thomas · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry pauses during a press conference at the end of the Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva on Sunday. Nuclear talks with Iran have failed to reach agreement, but Kerry said differences between Tehran and six world powers made "significant progress." (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

FDR was wrong on Stalin, Obama is wrong on Iran

Cal Thomas · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

âI didnât seek a second term to do small things,â said Christie Tuesday night. âI sought a second term to finish the job. Now watch me do it.â (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Is Chris Christie ‘the one’ for Republicans?

Cal Thomas · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

The Supreme Court, not to mention the country, has long struggled with the First Amendment, which simultaneously prohibits Congress from establishing an official state religion while protecting its "free exercise." (AP File)

Greece, N.Y., enters public prayer debate

Cal Thomas · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

The withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan poses a threat to the rights and safety of Afghan women. (AP File)

Afghan women will suffer if the Taliban returns to power

Cal Thomas · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

President Ronald Reagan addresses a Joint Session of Congress and the nation by television in the House Chamber giving his State of the Union speech on Jan. 25, 1984. (AP/Bob Daugherty)

Hey, GOP, it’s time to put on a happy face

Cal Thomas · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

The more President Obama talks about the supposed joys of Obamacare, the more he resembles a political Mad Hatter, devoid of reason, absent logic and ignorant of facts. (Thinkstock)

Obama has led America into Alice’s wonderland

Cal Thomas · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

The fiasco in Washington over the partial government shutdown, raising the debt ceiling and deepening animosity between Republicans and Democrats (and Republicans and Republicans), has left many asking if there is any way out of this bitter, endless cycle.

Just say ‘no’ to underwriting more debt

Cal Thomas · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Do not miss Henry Louis Gates’ new series ‘The African-Americans’

Cal Thomas · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

America won’t recover as long as government is viewed as savior

Cal Thomas · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Forty years ago Erica Jong wrote "Fear of Flying," which some have described as a feminist breakthrough. (Getty Images File)

Those with no ‘fear of flying’ then learn the pain of crashing now

Cal Thomas · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

An Irish government campaign poster urges passing motorists and pedestrians to support the abolition of the country's Senate in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday.ÃÂ The measure to abolish the Seanad lost by just 42,500 votes out of more than 1.2 million cast (51.8 percent to 48.2 percent).ÃÂ While many Americans might wish they could abolish Congress, it is unlikely, unless voters take a page from the Declaration of Independence and "institute new government."ÃÂ (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

Five Republican governors are showing how to solve real problems

Cal Thomas · October 7, 2013 4:00 am