Cal contributes weekly commentary to WORLD Radio. Over the last five decades, he worked for NBC News, FOX News, and USA Today and began his syndicated news column in 1984. Cal is the author of 10 books, including What Works: Commonsense Solutions to the Nation's Problems.
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Hitler ordered Paris destroyed in 1944, but the German commander refused. Now the city is dealing with fires set by rioters and looters. Cal Thomas considers France’s troubles.
From the Wright brothers’ bicycle shop to the inventions that changed the world, initiative built much of America. WORLD commentator Cal Thomas argues that politicians promising to solve every problem have crowded out the ambition to solve things ourselves.
Jim Bakker 1940-2026: Years after Bakker’s spectacular fall, Cal Thomas asked him when things first went wrong. Bakker’s answer provides a lasting lesson.
As Benjamin Netanyahu began his UN address, dozens of delegates left rather than hear his defense of Israel. WORLD commentator Cal Thomas argues that whatever his critics might dispute, they first chose not to hear the case.
Presidents have always battled the press. WORLD commentator Cal Thomas argues the answer to biased or inaccurate reporting is not to shut journalists out, but to meet the friction with better facts, better arguments, and enough confidence to let the public decide.
WORLD commentator Cal Thomas looks back at failed doomsday predictions and considers why warnings about AI still deserve a hearing—without panic, and without forgetting that even powerful tools are meant to be of service.
Twenty-five years after watching smoke rise from the Pentagon, WORLD commentator Cal Thomas revisits the lessons he drew from 9/11. He argues that “never forget” means teaching a new generation what happened, who did it, what they believed, and what history should have taught us.
After delaying action as his PSA numbers climbed, WORLD commentator Cal Thomas shares how early detection caught his prostate cancer before it spread—and urges other men not to put off the tests that could save their lives.
Cal Thomas marks 50 years of Prison Fellowship by remembering Chuck Colson’s transformation and the former inmates whose lives still testify to it.
For decades, U.S. presidents have called for ending America's reliance on Middle East oil — yet the dependence remains. WORLD commentator Cal Thomas says that's no reason to quit trying.
