I’m not very intelligent, but I find that Cal Thomas, in his April 14 column “U.S. must kick government habit,” insults what little intelligence I do lay claim to.

It really comes as no surprise that farmers in Archbold, Ohio, “still labor to produce crops from the soil.” I think that’s what farmers do. And “too many politicians are telling their constituents … what they want to hear”? I think that might have been said before.

A 2009 story about good memories of the Depression from Jean R. Beach (aged 79) and Carrie Iles (aged 87)? Good grief, Jean wasn’t born until 1930 and Carrie would have been 7 years old when the stock market crashed.

If such stories have any relevance whatsoever, I’ll tell you stories about World War II. After all, I was two years old when it ended.

And what really put this column over the top was his observation that “more people must stop worrying about health care.” Really, Cal?

Compare this column with two other articles on the same page, one by Gerald E. Scourse concerning the effect of Roth IRAs on tax revenues, and the other by David Ignatius about the situation in Egypt. Both provide detailed information, pertinent to current events and original in content. Not so with Cal. With Cal, it’s banal generalities about returning to basic virtues, memories of the good old days, and of course, those liberal politicians.

Great stuff, Cal. Back to the dust bowl.