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SAN DIEGO -- You may wonder: Why does this keep happening? For the answer, we should take a look at who it keeps happening to.

In the wake of another attempted assassination of President Donald Trump -- this time, at White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton -- it's difficult to know which national conversation Americans are...Read more

The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine; Sean Hannity making it official that he worships at the Church of Trump; Pete Hegseth quoting made-up verses from "Pulp Fiction" as if they were actual scripture; and Trump styling himself as Jesus Christ. A few years ago...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- The war against Iran ought to be rebranded, from Operation Epic Fury to "Mr. Trump's Wild Ride."

President Donald Trump is winning the war militarily, but losing it diplomatically. I miss the old days when a president, if he wanted to get a message out, had to use the media as a conduit through press conferences, Oval Office ...Read more

On Saturday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at "accelerating medical treatments for serious mental illness" by facilitating regulatory approval of ibogaine and other psychedelics that have shown promise as psychotherapeutic catalysts. Although the case for doing that is compelling, the medical model embraced by the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Let's do some talkin' 'bout our generations.

The Wall Street Journal started a conversation recently with an article that compared Baby Boomers and Millennials. The Journal asked: "Who's Had It Harder?"

The inspiration likely came from recent government data showing that Millennials have a net worth that exceeds what their Baby ...Read more

President Donald Trump has received a lot of backlash for his recent posts on TruthSocial of himself as a "Christ-like" figure and his criticism of Pope Leo's views on the Iran war. Most people on social media are familiar with the often belligerent nature of Trump's posts, and, for the most part, his devoted supporters defend him. This time, ...Read more

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Vance's Attack on the Pope Leaves Bruises -- On The Vice President

SAN DIEGO -- As a refugee from the Catholic Church, I confess to not knowing the Bible as well as I should.

But I don't remember the part ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

Over the years, I’ve gotten quite a few chuckles reminiscing about my youngest cousin Scott’s purely logical reaction to an unfamiliar food that was set before him.

“I cannot eat that because I have NEVER eaten that before.”

(To his credit, Scott the successful civil engineer has outgrown that childhood logic, ...Read more

In November 2023, about a year after Elon Musk took over Twitter, Media Matters for America made a splash with a report claiming that the platform, by then rebranded as X, was "placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content." Musk responded by threatening a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against Media Matters, while ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- And that, my fellow Americans, is why we can't have nice things. Because there is always going to be some vandal who tries to desecrate them.

I keep thinking that a lot of what drives the friction between Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump is the fact that they're both Americans. This is a glorified family feud. Americans ...Read more

Technology continues to make us ruder.

According to a Uswitch survey, Zoomers prefer texting over answering live phone calls from strangers and unsolicited numbers. They also refuse to listen to traditional voicemail messages from people they don’t know.

Instead of answering or listening, many Zoomers simply text: “What do you want?”

I ...Read more

The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been a grueling national story. It has been over two months since Nancy was last seen on Feb. 1 at her home in Tucson, Arizona, and her case is perplexing and incredibly frustrating, as no specific suspects have been identified, and authorities continue ...Read more

Hasan Piker, the far-left streamer, is having a bit of a moment. Democrats are quarreling over whether he should be kept at arm's length.

What kind of opinionator is Piker? He said in 2019 that the United States "deserved 9/11." When someone challenged him online about his anti-Israel rants, Piker replied with vituperation: "You f-----g baying ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- I don't remember seeing anything this wild on NBC's "The Apprentice."

The religious tyrants who lead Iran must have read President Donald Trump's 1987 bestselling book, "The Art of the Deal." The book spells out Trump's favorite tricks for how to get the upper hand in any negotiation by aiming for the moon, maximizing leverage, ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

My late mother would have been tickled by a front-page Wall Street Journal story that appeared on her 99th birthday.

Mom loved meeting strangers and pumping them for information (“Why does someone your size carry such a tiny can of pepper spray -- and where is the nearest eyewash station?”), so she was always ...Read more

In 2022, police caused extensive damage to Amy Hadley's home in South Bend, Indiana, because they mistakenly believed a fugitive was inside the house. That same year, a Los Angeles SWAT team wrecked Carlos Pena's print shop while trying to arrest a fugitive who had barricaded himself inside.

Through no fault of their own, Hadley and Pena were...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- I'm good with God. It's His most imperfect creation -- i.e., man -- that I have problems with.

This Easter Week, I'm sorting it out. I'm trying to get comfortable with my faith despite being uncomfortable with organized religion.

At 58, I've never felt closer to God -- or farther away from regular churchgoers.

In the last 10 ...Read more