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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Americans are moving from high-tax states to lower-tax ones, reinforcing a basic economic truth, as commentator Cal Thomas says: people respond to incentives, even when governments hope they won’t.
The federal government loses staggering sums to fraud each year. Cal Thomas says stopping it requires confronting habits Washington prefers to ignore
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico often invokes Christianity to justify his progressive policy stances. WORLD commentator Cal Thomas examines how his theology clashes with traditional Christian doctrine
After U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s top leadership and shattered the regime’s command structure, the country may be facing its most uncertain—and potentially hopeful—moment in decades. Commentary from Cal Thomas
WORLD commentator Cal Thomas reflects on the president’s overkill response to a Supreme Court defeat, the difference between dissent and derision, and the dignity the presidential office requires
WORLD commentator Cal Thomas reflects on Jesse Jackson’s civil-rights fire and political ambition, his mission to Syria that won Reagan’s praise, and the complicated legacy Jackson leaves behind
Cal Thomas on The Washington Post’s shrinking audience—and what trust, once spent, costs to regain
WORLD’s Cal Thomas on the Clintons’ long record of testimony, denial, and redefinition—and what history suggests about public trust
WORLD commentator Cal Thomas on immigration rhetoric in Minnesota—and why harsh language makes hard problems harder to solve
Cal Thomas on Mitt Romney’s tax argument, Ronald Reagan’s warning, and why Washington’s real problem is spending—not revenue
