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SAN DIEGO -- I did not have on my bingo card that a four-day visit to the United States by the King of England would pack such an emotional punch.

It's positively bonkers! The royals must have magical powers. They can take something and transform it into something else -- or, in my case, someone else.

On Wednesday night, I went to bed as a ...Read more

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

SAN DIEGO -- Here in California, there is a weird vibe surrounding the state holiday formerly known as Cesar Chavez Day.

The world's fourth-largest economy wasn't built by tech bros or Hollywood studios. It was built by farm workers. The sweat of these essential workers helps the state's agricultural industrial complex generate more than $60 ...Read more