Cal Thomas
Cal Thomas is a conservative American syndicated columnist and author. His column began in 1984 and appears in over 550 newspapers throughout the United States. He is a panelist on Fox News Watch, a Fox News Channel program critiquing the media, and until September 2005 hosted After Hours with Cal Thomas on the same network. He also gives a daily radio commentary, which is heard on over 300 stations.He has a Holiday Home In Northern Ireland
He has written a great deal about political issues and supports, among other things, many American positions related to Israel.
Biography
Cal Thomas was born in Washington, D.C. in 1942. During the 1960s and early 1970s he worked as a reporter at NBC News. He has written ten books, including Blinded By Might, that discussed, among other things, the role of the Moral Majority in American politics of the 1980s. Thomas was vice president of the Moral Majority from 1980 to 1985.
In his column of April 15, 2003, Cal Thomas wrote:
When the Berlin Wall fell and Eastern Europe escaped from the shackles of communism, I wrote that we must not forget the enablers, apologists and other "fellow travelers" who helped sustain communism's grip on a sizable portion of humanity for much of the 20th century. I suggested that a "cultural war crimes tribunal" be convened, at which people from academia, the media, government and the clergy who were wrong in their assessment of communism would be forced to confront their mistakes. While not wishing to deprive anyone of his or her right to be wrong, it wouldn't hurt for these people to be held accountable. That advice was not taken - but today we are presented with another opportunity in the form of scores of false media prophets who predicted disaster should the U.S. military confront and seek to oust the murderous regime of Saddam Hussein. The purpose of a cultural war crimes tribunal would be to remind the public of journalism's many mistakes, as well as the errors of certain politicians and retired generals, and allow it to properly judge their words the next time they feel the urge to prophesy...
All of the printed and voiced prophecies should be saved in an archive. When these false prophets again appear, they can be reminded of the error of their previous ways and at least be offered an opportunity to recant and repent.
Controversial statement(s)
In response to the Dolphinarium disco bombing in Tel-Aviv that killed 21 people, mostly high school students, Thomas authored a June 6 2001, article in the Jewish World Review expressing support for expelling Palestinians from Israel to surrounding Arab countries.
Israel should declare its intention to transfer large numbers of its Palestinian residents to Arab nations. This sounds radical until one considers that is precisely what Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have done. After the Palestinians assisted Saddam Hussein in Iraq's invasion of Kuwait during the Gulf War (which Arafat cheered while calling on Hussein to shell Israel), Kuwait forcibly evicted and transferred to Jordan about 300,000 Palestinians, labeling them as traitors and a fifth column. Saudi Arabia also recognized Arafat's betrayal of their Kuwaiti hosts by transferring about 350,000 Palestinians to Jordan.[1]
— Cal Thomas, A coalition of terror, 2001
In 2004, Cal Thomas was the target of a Google bomb attack, where the phrase "ignorant arsehole" [1] was linked to his website. This Googlebomb was triggered by a segment on his After Hours show regarding the Netherlands' policy on euthanasia. It soon became an attack on the Netherlands' drug policy, prostitution, and the nation's immigration policy. In a follow-up, Thomas rejoined "Thanks to our Dutch viewers for watching and for caring enough to write. Keep watching. Maybe you'll see some things you do like."
Bibliography
- 2007, Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America with Bob Beckel (ISBN 978-0-06-123634-1)
- 2001, The Wit & Wisdom of Cal Thomas (ISBN 1-58660-299-3)
- 1999, Blinded by Might (ISBN 0-310-22650-3)
- 1994, The Things That Matter Most (ISBN 0-06-017083-2)
- 1988, The Death of Ethics in America (ISBN 0-8499-0638-5)
External links
- For Speaking Engagements [2]
Notes
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Thomas, Cal (June 6, 2001). "A coalition of terror" (HTML). Jewish World Review.
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