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We are nearing the end of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, and one of the main focuses this year has been urging people to seek help when needed, as more efforts are being made to reduce the stigma around struggling with emotional wellness. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, "(M)ore than one in five U.S. adults live ...Read more

This is the Trump era, which means if you blink, you will miss another shattering example of unabashed corruption. I don't usually write about the same topic twice in a row, but the latest revelations of Trump's wanton, shameless profiteering from the White House cannot go unremarked. The term "drain the swamp" will go down in history as a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- If there is one thing that Americans don't need, it's more whine. The latest vintage -- which seems to be popular with young people -- is particularly bitter. It's not fit for public consumption. It needs to be poured down the drain, so it can slither its way back to the sewer from whence it came.

Some things never change. When ...Read more

The day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro shot Minneapolis resident Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg, Kristi Noem, then the secretary of Homeland Security, described that use of force as a clearly justified response to "an attempted murder." Sosa-Celis and two other Venezuelans had "ambushed and attacked" Castro...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Steve Hilton and I aren't exactly chums. But, it's fair to say that, on those occasions when the former Fox News host and I crossed paths in the media trenches, it was on friendly terms.

The 56-year-old native of Great Britain is quite likable. Now that he's running for governor of California, that's an asset. Several of his ...Read more

As we head into Memorial Day weekend, it’s a great time to read “Chicken Soup for the Veteran’s Soul.”

One powerful story tells about Mike, shot down in 1967 and captured by the Vietnamese. He grew up poor in Alabama — he didn’t wear shoes until he was 13.

Mike made a needle out of a piece of bamboo and gradually sewed scraps of ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“It’s been a long road / Gettin’ from there to here…”

Yes, some of us with students in our lives have had “Faith of the Heart,” while others have had “Faith of the Administration Continuing to Force Dubious Students Through the Pipeline”; but it all ends in the same milestone: graduation.

(“Through ...Read more

After the Supreme Court clarified the constitutional test for gun control laws in 2022, many longstanding restrictions on the right to arms looked newly vulnerable. Second Amendment groups jumped at the opportunity, filing one lawsuit after another in cases that frequently pitted them against the Biden administration.

Those groups now have a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Occasionally, I'll find myself standing in front of a group of college journalism students. It's my job to give them tips on writing and storytelling and the proper way to communicate.

I yammer on even though I'm not sure if I'm getting through. I hope I am. But I've learned that the generation gap is a real thing, and -- when I'...Read more

The Social Security Administration just released the most popular baby names for 2025, and they reveal an unfortunate trend.

Girls’ names lean toward elegance and tradition — names our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had. Olivia remained No. 1 for the seventh year, followed by Charlotte, Emma, Amelia, Sophia, Mia, Isabella, Evelyn, ...Read more

May 7 marked our nation's 75th annual National Day of Prayer. This milestone year of reverence to the Lord carried the theme "Glorify God Among the Nations -- Seeking Him in All Generations." For many, this theme holds special significance, as we will be celebrating America's 250th anniversary in July. The prayer that was posted on the NDP ...Read more

Did you catch the story about Trump trying to raid the Treasury to the tune of $10 billion? It's the latest in a string of grasping, grubby assaults on public integrity that have marked the Trump regime. This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history; it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth.

Trigger warning: The thefts ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As a native Californian who has lived here most of my life and can't imagine living anywhere else, I've been eager for several weeks to comment on the governor's race in my home state.

At the same time, I've been resisting that urge by actively focusing on just about anything else. Because the more I look at the line-up of ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“You can’t always get what you want…”

The words of the Rolling Stones often echo in my mind as I ponder the countless rejections we humans face over the course of our lives.

(The words of the Rolling Stones also often echo in my mind as I ponder the many senior moments we face over the course of our lives. “...Read more

Last week, President Donald Trump said late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel "should be immediately fired" for making a "really shocking" joke about him. The next day, the Justice Department charged another prominent Trump critic, former FBI Director James Comey, with committing two federal felonies by posting a photograph of seashells arranged in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Allow me to insert some lawyer language.

Henceforth, the Supreme Court should avoid clumsily manhandling cases that involve the thorny topic of race.

Why? Because at least six Justices -- those who are ideologically conservative and who were nominated to the High Court by Republican presidents -- seem to have a limited ...Read more

I wish every child could be blessed to have a mother like mine.

When my five sisters and I were babies in her womb, she never took so much as an aspirin for a headache — never ingested anything but the nutrients we needed to grow healthy and strong.

As a child, my world was rock-solid because of her. She put our needs so far before her own ...Read more

I vividly remember when Michael Jackson's signature "Thriller" album exploded in 1983 with the release of Billboard No. 1 hits "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," as well as Top 10 singles like "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "Human Nature." These songs were the soundtrack of my eighth- and ninth-grade years, and almost every talent show I attended...Read more

I've always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least a pinch of smug superiority. The Windsors are revered for nothing more than birth -- not talent, nor accomplishments, nor virtue. It's all a throwback to an earlier stage of human development, when people were not mature enough ...Read more

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