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Thomas: I’m a capitalist, Mr. President, but you’re not

by Cal Thomas ·April 10, 2021

Back in the day when "Saturday Night Live" was funny, Chevy Chase would open the "Weekend Update" segment by saying, "I'm Chevy Chase and you're not."

Photo by Carolyn Kaster of The Associated Press / Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, shown here at a news conference in Washington, D.C., Yellen on Monday, April 5, 2021, urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, an effort to offset any disadvantages that might arise from the Biden administration's proposed increase in the U.S. corporate tax rate.

Thomas: Take me out of the ballgame

by Cal Thomas ·April 6, 2021

When the NFL decided not to punish players who kneeled during the pre-game national anthem, some fans reacted by refusing to attend games, buy league merchandise or watch games on TV.

Photo by John Spink of ajc.com via The Associated Press / Workers load an All-Star sign onto a trailer after it was removed from Truist Park in Atlanta, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

Thomas: Jim Crow and the Georgia voting law

by Cal Thomas ·March 30, 2021

At his news conference last Thursday, President Biden said of Georgia's new voting law, "It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle."

Photo by Alyssa Pointer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution via The Associated Press / Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, second from right, leaves the Georgia State Capitol Building after he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run on March 25, 2021, in Atlanta.

Thomas: ‘Baghdad Bob’ rides again in homeland secretary’s denial about the border crisis

by Cal Thomas ·March 26, 2021

When I heard Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas say last Sunday on "Meet the Press" that the southern border "is closed," it immediately brought to mind claims by Iraq's former information minister - dubbed "Baghdad Bob" and "Comical Ali" (aka Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf) - about Saddam Hussein's superior military forces.

The Associated Press / Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas is getting pushback even from supportive media in continuing to maintain there is no "crisis" at the country's southern border.

Thomas: West Virginia: Another tax-free heaven

by Cal Thomas ·March 22, 2021

West Virginia is unique among America's 50 states.

Photo by Chris Jackson of The Associated Press / West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice speaks about removing the state's income tax during the State of the State Address in the House Chambers of the West Virginia State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia, on Feb. 10, 2021.

Thomas: Tell the truth, Mr. President

by Cal Thomas ·March 15, 2021

When a politician promises to "tell the truth," as President Biden did in his nationally televised address last Thursday, you can add that statement to familiar ones lacking the ring of sincerity.

Photo by Doug Mills of The New York Times / President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown from the White House in Washington on Thursday, March 11, 2021.

Thomas: Buyer’s remorse for some evangelicals

by Cal Thomas ·March 12, 2021

Evangelical Christians, who once were content with staying out of earthly concerns, have grown into an influential subset of American politics.

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Thomas: How to ruin America

by Cal Thomas ·March 8, 2021

I recently had to cancel a long-planned trip to South America, either because the countries I wanted to enter are closed or required up to a two-week quarantine in a hotel.

Photo by Ilana Panich-Linsman of The New York Times / A group of mothers and children just released from Border Patrol custody wait at a bus station in Brownsville, Texas, where they were tested for COVID-19 on Feb. 20, 2021.

Thomas: What to cut? Plenty.

by Cal Thomas ·February 28, 2021

President Biden has challenged those who oppose the Democrats' $1.9 trillion bill disingenuously dubbed "COVID relief," or the more deceitful "American Rescue Plan."

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Thomas: Where’s the beef?

by Cal Thomas ·February 21, 2021

What is it about people who are successful in one field and believe that gives them credence to serve as an expert in a totally unrelated field?