Cal Thomas

I am always amused when the word "scandal" is so easily applied to news stories, as it is now with Benghazi, the IRS targeting conservative groups and the Justice Department accessing phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors.

In the end it was the pictures of those babies struggling for life in a Philadelphia abortion clinic that got to the jury and led to the murder convictions of Kermit Gosnell.

Things are getting a little hot for the Obama administration. The talking points about the Benghazi terrorist attack were massaged 12 times to expunge them of references to terrorism. Then we hear that the Internal Revenue Service has been giving extra scrutiny to tax-exempt organizations with "tea party" or "patriot" in their names.

The major media mostly ignore Benghazi because they are in the tank for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run. There is plenty of shame to go around.

It's no secret that a double standard exists when it comes to the way female Republican politicians are treated vs. female Democrats.

I had never heard of Jason Collins until he announced he is homosexual, or gay, as they say. He's a journeyman ballplayer now with the Washington Wizards. He doesn't play much but since his announcement the sports and mainstream media have gone crazy hailing Collins as some superhero.

Are you as tired as I am of everything gay? It's in your face all the time.

The sequester is contributing to air traffic delays at major hubs around the country because the Obama administration is enforcing furloughs of air traffic controllers. It is extortion of the worst kind to get Congress to pass more tax increases.

A judge has thrown out some of the murder charges against a Philadelphia abortion provider involving babies allegedly born alive.

Why did two young men brought up in the United States indiscriminately kill and maim people at the Boston Marathon?

Legalizing law-breakers won't make them vote for Republicans.

To the end, Margaret Thatcher was a woman of conviction in her political beliefs and in her faith.

When evil is encouraged in media depictions and in the outworking of political grievances and misguided religious direction, we get more evil.

While President Obama did not call the murder and maiming of people at Monday's Boston Marathon a terrorist attack, it clearly was.

People who break our laws should not be rewarded with citizenship.

The major media are making a big deal out of a secret recording in Senator Mitch McConell's Kentucky office.

Some Republican and Democratic senators may be willing to compromise in order to reach a deal on several issues, including immigration.

In most of the commentary written about the late Margaret Thatcher, little has been said about her strong Christian faith.

A huge complex has been uncovered near what could be the birthplace of Abraham. The site in Iraq was discovered by a team of British archaeologists near the city of Ur.

Tens of thousands of health care professionals, union workers and community organizers are being hired as "navigators" to help Americans choose Obamacare options, beginning October 1.