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SAN DIEGO -- It's not exactly breaking news that Americans dislike politics, distrust politicians and doubt their government.

' Twas always thus.

Thomas Jefferson saw it coming. In his book "Notes on the State of Virginia," which was published in 1782, the Father of the Declaration of Independence warned: "In every government on earth is ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Anyone who has written about immigration for more than 35 years, and who has the scars to prove it, has earned the right to say: "I told you so."

Those four words rang in my head recently as I read an article in The New York Times that exposed one of the three big lies of the immigration debate.

If you're curious, the other two ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Here is something you didn't need a library card to figure out.

Americans read fewer books than we used to, and the books that we do read are shorter. We spend less time in bookstores and more time on electronic devices. And instead of bucking this trend, public schools have caved in and assigned fewer books.

Even so, is the end...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- If you've ever written a eulogy, you already know that human beings are complicated.

At the end of the ride, we'll be proud of some of the things we've done but regret others. You take the good with the bad.

Most people don't want to be judged for the worst thing they did. But they don't give the same grace to elected officials....Read more