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After the Supreme Court clarified the constitutional test for gun control laws in 2022, many longstanding restrictions on the right to arms looked newly vulnerable. Second Amendment groups jumped at the opportunity, filing one lawsuit after another in cases that frequently pitted them against the Biden administration.

Those groups now have a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Occasionally, I'll find myself standing in front of a group of college journalism students. It's my job to give them tips on writing and storytelling and the proper way to communicate.

I yammer on even though I'm not sure if I'm getting through. I hope I am. But I've learned that the generation gap is a real thing, and -- when I'...Read more

The Social Security Administration just released the most popular baby names for 2025, and they reveal an unfortunate trend.

Girls’ names lean toward elegance and tradition — names our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had. Olivia remained No. 1 for the seventh year, followed by Charlotte, Emma, Amelia, Sophia, Mia, Isabella, Evelyn, ...Read more

May 7 marked our nation's 75th annual National Day of Prayer. This milestone year of reverence to the Lord carried the theme "Glorify God Among the Nations -- Seeking Him in All Generations." For many, this theme holds special significance, as we will be celebrating America's 250th anniversary in July. The prayer that was posted on the NDP ...Read more

Did you catch the story about Trump trying to raid the Treasury to the tune of $10 billion? It's the latest in a string of grasping, grubby assaults on public integrity that have marked the Trump regime. This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history; it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth.

Trigger warning: The thefts ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As a native Californian who has lived here most of my life and can't imagine living anywhere else, I've been eager for several weeks to comment on the governor's race in my home state.

At the same time, I've been resisting that urge by actively focusing on just about anything else. Because the more I look at the line-up of ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“You can’t always get what you want…”

The words of the Rolling Stones often echo in my mind as I ponder the countless rejections we humans face over the course of our lives.

(The words of the Rolling Stones also often echo in my mind as I ponder the many senior moments we face over the course of our lives. “...Read more

Last week, President Donald Trump said late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel "should be immediately fired" for making a "really shocking" joke about him. The next day, the Justice Department charged another prominent Trump critic, former FBI Director James Comey, with committing two federal felonies by posting a photograph of seashells arranged in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Allow me to insert some lawyer language.

Henceforth, the Supreme Court should avoid clumsily manhandling cases that involve the thorny topic of race.

Why? Because at least six Justices -- those who are ideologically conservative and who were nominated to the High Court by Republican presidents -- seem to have a limited ...Read more

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

I vividly remember when Michael Jackson's signature "Thriller" album exploded in 1983 with the release of Billboard No. 1 hits "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," as well as Top 10 singles like "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "Human Nature." These songs were the soundtrack of my eighth- and ninth-grade years, and almost every talent show I attended...Read more

I've always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least a pinch of smug superiority. The Windsors are revered for nothing more than birth -- not talent, nor accomplishments, nor virtue. It's all a throwback to an earlier stage of human development, when people were not mature enough ...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

Seven years ago, police in Midlothian, Virginia, sought to identify a bank robber by asking Google to search the records of more than 500 million people who used the company's "location history" feature. That search identified 19 devices that were in or near the bank around the time of the robbery, which police winnowed down to three people, ...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

The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine; Sean Hannity making it official that he worships at the Church of Trump; Pete Hegseth quoting made-up verses from "Pulp Fiction" as if they were actual scripture; and Trump styling himself as Jesus Christ. A few years ago...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