One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
Cal ThomasIf life is not a continuum, from conception to natural death, then all of us are potential victims if we fall out of favor with a ruling elite.
Cal ThomasIf we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.
Cal ThomasPeople for the American Way says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case against the proposed school prayer Constitutional amendment... What kind of prayer would we use?
Cal ThomasRadical Islamists are serious about killing in pursuit of their extreme objectives. Releasing their soldiers can only embolden them to take more Americans hostage. The deal for Sgt. Bergdahl may well turn out to have been a bargain with the devil.
Cal ThomasWhen the Forbidden Fruit was handed to Adam and Eve, they were allowed the moral choice to accept or decline. I know people who have refused to feast on the money tree. They live simply, within their means, and seem far more content than those who are trying to horde their wealth while clinging to the ladder of 'success,' terrified to let go. That isn't real living. The Puritans rightly saw that as covetousness.
Cal Thomas