RE: RE: Swinging for the fences on abortion

Cal has missed the point...

I personally think that Cal Thomas' points are notable throughout. I see Thomas as a very realistic pessimist, just speaking plainly. That's not an insult, either.

...and illustrated why he continues to be a statist at heart.

Really? How is that? That's not the first thing he struck me as, that's for sure. Isn't that sort of a stretch? I don't see him as an advocate of the "concentration of economic controls and planning," as illustrated below. Maybe elsewhere? This definition does make a statist seem more socialistic than one would deduce by considering your description of Cal Thomas as one. Maybe in your political realm?

From Wikipedia.com:
Statism is a term that is used in a variety of disciplines (economics, sociology, education policy etc) to describe a system that involves a significant interventionist role for the state in economic or social affairs. In social sciences it can also refer to the mere existence of states, particularly in relation to discussions of nationalism, modernity and globalization. Anarchists also often use the word in this sense. In economics, the term "statism" refers to any economy where the state plans or coordinates the economy, or the advocacy of such a system. Merriam-Webster defines statism as: "concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government."