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SAN DIEGO -- President Donald Trump is part politician and part magician. A master illusionist, Trump doesn't merely live in his own reality. He creates a whole new reality and then forces the rest of us to live in it with him.

Like a used car salesman who sells you a lemon by convincing you it's a Lamborghini, Trump doesn't portray things ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Have you watched the news today? Oh boy.

The Trump administration's invasion of Chicago. Attacks on houses of worship. The government shutdown. The murder of Charlie Kirk. The division of a nation that was supposed to be "indivisible." All this and more weighs on the hearts and minds of many Americans.

I need a break. So today, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Two years? It feels more like 20.

Another person who feels that way is Maha Shbeir, who worked as a doctor at Nasser hospital in Gaza. She recently told a reporter for the Associated Press that she feels as if over the last two years she has seen two decades' worth of pain, tragedy, suffering and hunger.

"I've seen cases of ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Republicans are pushing two conflicting narratives at once, and the double talk has them flummoxed and tongue-tied.

The first narrative is that Democrats are weak, ineffective, out of touch and totally irrelevant to the politics of today. As President Donald Trump might put it, "they choke like dogs."

The second narrative is ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Americans have talked a lot lately about the ugly phenomenon of political violence. As well we should; people should not feel unsafe because of what they believe.

Nevertheless, now we need to pivot and confront something we don't want to talk about because it can be even uglier: religious violence. People also should not feel ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- When I heard that a sniper had opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, I was disheartened and concerned. But I wasn't the least bit surprised.

The agency has been drawing a lot of attention to itself over the last several months as its agents desperately try to fulfill an arbitrary and absurdly ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- President Donald Trump is notorious for falling to pieces over small things. But oddly, his petty rants sometimes touch on big topics.

The trouble is that the noise caused by the small often drowns out the substance of the big. This presidency is all about distraction. The president who can't stand a slight is an expert at ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- The first rule of communications strategy goes like this: If you don't define yourself, your enemies, adversaries and competitors will gladly do it for you, and often in unflattering terms.

That's true with businesses, causes and nonprofit organizations. It's especially true in politics, where another version of the same idea ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Dear America, I don't mean to sound ungrateful. Really, I don't. Uncle Sam and I have always been on good terms.

But I must ask: Can migrants to the United States get a do-over?

More than a century ago, my Mexican grandfather and his parents chose the United States over Mexico. Unable to make a living in their own country -- ...Read more