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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

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

Note to editors: A version of this column was last distributed by Cagle in 2025.

I can only imagine how President Trump would have handled three mischievous beavers that attacked Washington, D.C.’s beloved cherry trees in 1999.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway in Washington. Some 3,700 cherry trees — a gift from Japan in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Is Cesar Chavez too big to cancel? Apparently not. The cancellations are happening with lightning speed.

In fact, in a major rebuke, California lawmakers said Thursday they intend to rename the March 31 state holiday commemorating the labor leader's birthday from "Cesar Chavez Day" to "Farmworkers Day."

Disturbing allegations ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- President Donald Trump has blown up every bridge he built to Latinos and many of those who pulled the lever for him now have a bad case of voters' remorse.

In November 2024, on his way to being elected to a non-consecutive second term, Trump got as much as 48% of the Latino vote.

Yet, Trump's job approval rating among Latinos is...Read more