Cal Thomas argues that President Calvin Coolidge's strong moral character serves as a stark contrast to the ethical shortcomings of many modern politicians. He uses historical examples to illustrate the tendency to overlook past mistakes and the dangers of ignoring sound thinking and understanding of human nature.
US President Calvin Coolidge 's good character should serve as an example to modern politicians at a time when sex scandals and other violations seem to have evaporated what once were called moral norms , writes columnist Cal Thomas.Never mind calculating how wrong they have been in the past, our desire to know what’s coming sometimes overcomes sound thinking, ignorance of history and an understanding of human nature.
Recall the number of times climate alarmists predicted we would either freeze or burn to death by certain dates, and religious mouthpieces forecasting the end of the world on dates that failed to materialize.‘Primal’ origins of graham crackers are a shocker — it’s all about ‘the urge to have sex’ Indiana Jones’ adventures retraced by real-life archaeologist — and now it’s his turn on the silver screenAs Doris Day sang in the film “The Man Who Knew Too Much”: “Whatever will be will be. The future’s not ours to see, que sera, sera.” In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge was elected to a full term after serving out the term of Warren Harding, who had died in office. Coolidge’s good character should serve as an example to modern politicians at a time when sex scandals and other violations seem to have evaporated what once were called moral norms. Coolidge believed in small government, low taxes, balanced budgets (he left office with a smaller federal government than when he arrived and was wrongly blamed for the Sound economic and moral principles were taught in schools in 1925, but not so much today and many feign surprise at the inevitable results.Some future events were predictable in 1925, if only people had paid attentio
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