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Thomas: Faith sets our worldview for political debate

First and foremost, I am a Christian. Everything else that I am or believe is derived from my faith, or at least it is supposed to be.

March 30, 2009 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


Thomas: How do we fix this financial mess?

"Never let a serious crisis go to waste," said President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, after Obama won the election in November of last year.

March 16, 2009 | tthomas@trevorgrantthomas.com | Community columnists


Thomas: This ‘change’ is merely motion, not action

"Never confuse motion with action," said Ben Franklin. So far, what we seem to be getting from the Obama administration is a lot of motion, with little real productive action. Or, to put it another way, we're getting much "change" but no real progress.

March 02, 2009 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


Thomas: Obama’s plan only stimulates more debt

It's time for a little perspective on President Barack Obama's stimulus bill. Do you have any idea just how much a billion dollars is?

February 16, 2009 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


Thomas: SPLOST is just one tax too many

The great philosopher David Hume said, "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." It is generally lost about 1 percent at a time - usually through taxes.

February 03, 2009 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


Thomas: There are worse things to do while driving than blabbing

So the National Safety Council wants state governments to ban cell phone use, even hands-free cell phones, while driving. I think the NSC should have gone after a far more dangerous practice before taking on cell phones: farding while driving.

January 23, 2009 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


Thomas: Tidings of great joy in hard times

"I guess hard times have flushed the chumps; everybody's lookin' for answers," said Ulysses Everett McGill mockingly, as a congregation sang and filed toward the river for baptism in the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou."

December 25, 2008 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


Thomas: Moral justification for war can be made

A holy end, no matter how glorious, can never be vindicated by unholy means. To many Americans the Iraq war was, and is, unnecessary. To some Americans the Iraq war was, and is, unjust. (I happen to believe that it was neither of these, but that is not the point of this column.)

December 16, 2008 | tthomas@trevorgrantthomas.com | Community columnists


Thomas: Obama unwittingly helps pass Proposition 8

Oh, the irony. With Barack Obama on the ballot, liberals thought they couldn't lose. However, in California things did not go as planned.

November 24, 2008 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


Thomas: Media play favorites with congressional scandals

In September 2006, while on the verge of the 2006 Congressional midterm elections, Florida U.S. Rep. Mark Foley was caught up in a salacious sex scandal involving lewd e-mails and instant messages with congressional pages that resulted in his resignation.

November 07, 2008 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


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Thomas: Big government can’t fix immorality

We see it time and again. Whether the problem is poverty, bad schools, gun violence, crime in general or even the spread of disease, the liberal answer is always the same: more government. The recent gun debate raging in America illustrates this well.

June 14, 2013 | Trevor Thomas | Community columnists


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