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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

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

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“8 Mother’s Day Gifts You Should Never Buy, According to Moms,” blared the headline of a recent “Good Housekeeping” article.

(And by blared, I mean “got drowned out by all the seasonal ‘Oprah promises this $20 air fryer will make the stretch marks and sleepless nights worth it’ headlines.”)

So, ...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

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

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

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

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