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As a presidential candidate in 2016, Marco Rubio defended the conventional understanding of birthright citizenship, which contradicts the view embraced by the administration he currently serves as secretary of state. The contrast is especially striking because Rubio is one of the defendants in federal lawsuits challenging President Donald ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- After weeks and months of digesting stressful stories about Ukraine, Gaza, redistricting games in Texas and California and the Trump administration's takeover of Democratic-run cities in service of a right-wing agenda, I needed a break.

So I took one. It lasted just long enough for me to consume a different sort of media. And, as...Read more

I came across an engaging and thought-provoking article written by Dr. Robin Schumacher for The Christian Post this month. Schumacher, who has a PhD in New Testament studies, provides his reflections on a discussion atheist YouTuber Alex O'Connor recently had with a ChatGPT bot on the longstanding philosophical debate of God's existence. ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- What happens in Los Angeles doesn't stay in Los Angeles. Not when you have a president who believes that fearmongering is a terrible thing to waste.

First, Trump ravaged L.A. by unleashing a battalion of goons -- made up of agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Marines, ...Read more

Last month, Charlie Wolf attended a meeting of the Greers Ferry, Arkansas, city council to complain about a license plate camera that he said was violating the Fourth Amendment by regularly taking pictures of his driveway and front yard. Greers Ferry Police Chief Kallen Lacy acknowledged Wolf's "distress" but rejected his legal analysis, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Immigrants do so much for Americans. They care for our children, look after our elderly, cook our food, make our beds, trim our lawns and perform other tasks in our homes and businesses.

Must they now entertain us? Do we expect them to make us laugh to help pass all the free time we have because they're doing our chores?

Many ...Read more

On a sunny morning in May 1984, I reported for a job as first lady Nancy Reagan's speechwriter. I drove my Toyota Corolla up to the Ellipse, careful to display the special tag permitting me to park quite close to the East Wing, and ventured inside, past the line of visitors awaiting their guided tours and past the uniformed Secret Service (to ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Americans get all fired up over politics even though not many of us seem to understand the subject matter.

For example, on both the right and the left, you will find true believers who share a common view that the two parties are vastly different and present a stark contrast to voters.

That's adorable. There are actually ...Read more

Nearly half a century ago, according to the Trump administration, Congress enacted a law that gave the president sweeping authority to completely rewrite U.S. tariff schedules. But for some reason, no president took advantage of that power until last February.

That story received a skeptical reception last week at the U.S. Court of Appeals ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As a journalist, there are at least three things that really annoy me.

One is when elected officials or public servants who bristle whenever folks in my tribe tell them how to do their jobs then turn around and tell us how to do ours.

Another is when government officials gaslight members of the press, trying to convince us to ...Read more

The press conference that University of Colorado Boulder football coach Deion Sanders held at the end of July brought to light the serious health issues that he has been dealing with. Sanders, known as Coach Prime, opened up to the public regarding his bladder cancer diagnosis, something that he did not immediately disclose to his sons Shedeur ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Confused and rudderless, the Democratic Party has been derailed. Only Cory Booker seems to be on the right track.

The Democratic senator from New Jersey is demanding that fellow Democrats battle Republicans, stand their ground and fight GOP efforts to make America the 1950s again.

An autopsy is in order. Democrats wound up in a ...Read more

You may have heard that Skydance Media is merging with Paramount, which owns CBS. When the Federal Communications Commission approved that $8 billion deal last week, its chairman bragged that the agency had extracted concessions that would bring "significant changes" to the network's journalism.

Brendan Carr, a Republican whom President ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Crafting a column can be an unpredictable endeavor. That is especially true when you're writing about politics.

Like most human beings, elected officials can be awfully complicated.

Take California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is as complicated as they come. His personal story is filled with paradoxes.

On the one hand, as the son of ...Read more

Those of us who grew up watching "The Cosby Show" as teens in the 1980s were extremely saddened to learn of Malcolm-Jamal Warner's tragic drowning in Costa Rica while on vacation with his family. Warner held iconic television status among Gen X, as he was most beloved for his role as Theo Huxtable on the pioneering sitcom created by Bill Cosby. ...Read more

When mountain runner Michelino Sunseri climbed and descended Grand Teton in record time last September, he posted information about his route on social media. According to the National Park Service and the Justice Department, Sunseri thereby implicated himself in a federal misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.

Although the NPS ...Read more

My church recently celebrated our pastor's 75th birthday with a trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to view the musical "Noah," produced by Sight & Sound Theatres. We boarded a chartered bus from Columbus, Ohio, for a six-hour trip of fun and fellowship through the country's heartland. It had been several years since I had been on a bus, and I have...Read more

A new poll, on a matter that adamantly should not be decided by untutored public opinion, finds that 79% of Americans believe all of the documents relating to the Epstein case should be disclosed. A shocking result? Not quite. Ask Americans, who've been hearing wall-to-wall accusations about secret sex abuse cabals, celebrity client lists and ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- I'm the product of a mixed marriage. My parents are both Mexican American, but they were born on what sometimes seem like different planets.

I'm a lifelong Californian, who has spent all but a dozen of my 58 years living in the Golden State. I share those roots with my father, who was born in Central California in 1941.

But I'm ...Read more

The Transportation Security Administration did not officially start requiring travelers to take off their shoes at the airport until August 2006. That was nearly five years after Richard Reid unsuccessfully tried to ignite explosives in his sneakers on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami.

The fear of Reid copycats was the ...Read more