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SAN DIEGO -- This is definitely Marco's moment.

When you have a president who makes foreign policy his jam, his secretary of state is sure to be at center stage -- especially when he moonlights as national security adviser.

-- On Feb. 28, just hours after the United States had launched strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump was holding ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Americans are living in the Age of Obstinance. When it comes to politics, we're single-minded and we double down.

We take a stance, and we dig in. We're reluctant to admit that we voted for the wrong person, or that our position on an issue is no longer valid. We're taught to bluster and pontificate. We're also taught to never ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- I bet Kristi Noem needs her comfort "blankie" right about now.

The Homeland Security Secretary was fired Thursday by President Donald Trump, who showed repeatedly in his first term that he will not hesitate to cut loose an employee who makes him look bad -- and that he reserves the prerogative to do so in a most humiliating ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Even a broken president can be right once or twice.

As a result of the United States attacking Iran -- with help from Israel -- these are scary times. But they're also complicated times. Discount anyone who claims to have it all figured out.

In politics, there are two things that are difficult to do. One is to take someone whom ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- More Americans are realizing that both political parties have failed miserably in dealing with immigration.

It's true that President Donald Trump has squandered his advantage. His approval rating on immigration has hit record lows, with only about 39% of Americans approving of how he handles the issue. Many think U.S. Immigration...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- In Mexico, the flames are out. But for our friend and ally, what comes next is still a burning question.

Americans need to pay attention to what's happening south of the border for a few reasons.

First, there's the proximity. If your next-door neighbor's house has termites, it might be a good idea to get your own house checked. ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As a storyteller, I remember to begin with a tale.

In August 2005, I spoke to a group of retirees in their 70s and 80s. Those were whippersnappers compared to Julie, a 100-year-old woman who approached me.

Julie wanted me to know that everything happening now -- armed masked men disregarding due process, entering homes without ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- What I remember about the one time I met the Rev. Jesse Jackson is how it turned into a multilingual affair.

It was 1994, and I was co-hosting a nightly 9 p.m. to midnight talk show for ABC radio in Los Angeles. My co-host, Tavis Smiley, had heard from Jackson, who was in town for an event with the Rev. Al Sharpton. Tavis invited...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- My wife is the brains of the operation, and so it's rare that she asks a question with an obvious answer.

"Why did they lay off so many people at The Washington Post?" she asked recently. I worked for the Post for 24 years as part of the now shuttered Washington Post Writers Group. So my wife knew I'd have an opinion on the ...Read more

Introducing the Bad Bunny backlash. On Super Bowl Sunday, the real losers were the estimated five million Americans who were so sheltered, so entitled and so used to getting their way that they fled the halftime show and went to YouTube for a whole lot of white noise.

The game is over. But the national conversation about the show put on by 31...Read more