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Fulton Sheen and Me
History yields people whose influence extends far beyond their earthly lives. They become teachers to generations they never met, spiritual companions to people whose names they never knew, and reminders that faith is not merely a set of propositions to be accepted but a way of life to be embraced. For me, one of those extraordinary figures is...Read more
The War Behind the War
The widening conflict involving the United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis is no longer merely a Middle Eastern war. It is becoming a contest over the international order itself, with Russia and China operating increasingly in the shadows and avoiding direct confrontation while exploiting disorder, protecting their interests and...Read more
As Trump and Xi Meet, Can We Get Some Clarity on Trade Policy?
Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday and was met personally on the tarmac by President Donald Trump. The agenda included an elaborate Rose Garden military review and official state dinner in the White House's East Room.
Most of that chichi was just foreplay before Thursday's ...Read more
What's Wrong With Our Schools?
Author and activist Nikole Hannah-Jones published an emotional essay in the New York Times Magazine last week titled "In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?" In the piece, Hannah-Jones writes about the consequences of having deliberately selected a school for her daughter, Najya, that was "low-income and mostly Black" as a way...Read more
Cal Thomas: Trump and the press boycott each other
We’re back in the children’s sandbox. President Trump has banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from covering him. The three have filed a First Amendment lawsuit. The president has retaliated with “politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-4304948">Read more
Un-Gifted and Talented
Schools are ending gifted and talented programs. They will no longer separate kids by ability.
Why?
To address "inequity."
"This is so misguided," says education researcher Michael Petrilli in my new video. "These equity people say, 'Oh, we're against gifted education.' At the same time, they're upset that universities aren't very diverse. ...Read more
S.E. Cupp: Trump will lose his war against the press
“To offend a strong man, tell him a lie. To offend a weak man, tell him the truth.”
That quote, often attributed to Marcus Aurelius, one of the great Stoics, perfectly encapsulates the very troubling and sad moment we’re in, and the very troubling and sad president we’re dealing with.
For all his bluster, Donald Trump is inarguably ...Read more
GOP Attempts To Slow Pace of AI and Data Center Overreaction
I'm far from understanding chatbots, chips and AI technology, but I've worked in D.C. long enough to be suspicious when industry giants come begging for government regulations.
In the September 2026 essay "We Must Pace the Frontier," Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says that AI "could dramatically raise the quality of human life" but that it "...Read more
Greenland Security Deal Success
So the Great Destructive Intra-NATO War Over Greenland Sovereignty leftish European and American media swore for over a year that President Donald Trump's aggressive January 2025 rhetoric would ignite has ...
... ultimately produced a very good security deal for all three primary parties (Greenland, the U.S., Denmark). NATO and -- for that ...Read more
Target the Jihadists, but Stay True to the US Constitution
Republican politicians are warning about the Islamization of America, which is spawning homegrown jihadists and recognition of Sharia law. But some are going too far, claiming that Muslims "don't belong in American society" and are "unable to assimilate."
Our leaders need to keep in mind that American Muslims are diverse in their thinking and...Read more
The Democrat Plan to Redistribute Wealth to the Wealthier
Two hypothetical college graduates who are married now have a combined annual income of $240,000; they each earn $120,000 per year.
Should an American who graduated from high school but never went to college -- and who now works as a delivery truck driver, earning $43,950 per year (the median annual earnings for that job) -- be forced to help...Read more
Reporters Pretend They Represent All of America
Behold the most ludicrous argument unfolding after President Donald Trump's latest attempt to deny White House press passes to Trump-loathing reporters. Somehow, the liberal elitists shamelessly claim they represent the entire American people in the briefing room and not just their own pink-haired audience.
See National "Public" Radio White ...Read more
Canada doesn’t need Daddy Trump’s permission to date Europe
PARIS — Canada and the European Union are playing an intense game of tonsil-hockey, flagrantly making out in public like a couple of teenagers at the mall. And U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed himself chaperone.
Trump called Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s love affair with Europe “laughable,” but also potentially hostile....Read more
Al Gore's Inconvenient Lies
It was 20 years ago that Al Gore's book "An Inconvenient Truth" was published, and ... well, it turns out that the truth was inconvenient -- for Al and his band of apocalyptics.
I asked my team to use the AI chatbot ChatGPT as a referee in assessing the accuracy of the book's scary and often-quoted conclusions.
It turns out ChatGPT is very ...Read more
Ground Broken on a Rust Belt Powerhouse: Shippingport's Data Hub Rises in the Age of AI Anxiety
SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. -- The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States opened here.
My Perry High School physics teacher, David Burrows, had loaded a handful of us into a van for a field trip to the atomic station and to the ...Read more
Cal Thomas: AI: A substitute for real intelligence
I have a theory about the artificial intelligence craze that is delighting some and scaring others. It is that we are losing natural intelligence and thus risk seduction by something that can do the thinking for us. Never mind acquiring wisdom, which is defined as “the ability to use your knowledge, experience, and deep understanding to make ...Read more
Why Socialism Erodes Liberty
Socialism doesn't just destroy wealth. It strips people of their freedom.
A growing number of Americans now support it. A recent YouGov poll found that 31% of people have a favorable view of socialism. Just 43% viewed it unfavorably. But among those 18 to 29 years old, socialism had a positive approval rating, 42% to 26%.
There's also a big ...Read more
The Right Kind of Immigrants
The other day, Bo French, a Republican candidate for Texas railroad commissioner, a powerful regulatory body that oversees the oil and gas industry, posted a picture of a group of around 10 undergraduates who looked to be Indian American cheering the Texas Longhorns' 20-point fourth-quarter comeback against top-ranked Ohio State.
"I heard UT ...Read more
AI Moral Panic Demands Leadership, Not Pandering
The midterm elections are right around the corner, and both parties are about as popular as a Monday-morning visit to the DMV.
The time-tested solution? Find a scapegoat, go negative, and blame the other side.
This year the weaponized bogeyman is artificial intelligence.
Many Americans are falling for the anti-AI information operation. They...Read more
Against AI Regulatory Capture
American businesses have long practiced what political scientists call regulatory capture. A company that cannot repeal a law takes control of the people the government put in charge of enforcing it. The airlines did it to the Civil Aeronautics Board, which in 40 years never approved a new trunk carrier. The health insurance industry helped ...Read more

















































