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SAN DIEGO -- My wife and I have tried to teach our kids to be good losers but also -- and just as importantly -- gracious winners.

Apparently, President Donald Trump never learned either lesson. His brattish reaction to his defeat in 2020 showed us that he's a terrible loser. And now that he has reclaimed the White House, we see that he's ...Read more

Donald Trump's job is to make America great again. Improving your own life is up to you.

There are lots of reasons to be excited about Trump's return to power. He's pledged to unleash America's energy industry. Cheaper energy and a better regulatory environment should help contain inflation. The border will be locked down while officials ...Read more

Steven Rinella is taking his skills as a survivalist, thrill-seeker and master storyteller to the History Channel for a new eight-part series that will take viewers on an outdoor adventure steeped in history while trying to solve some of America's most enduring mysteries. The series begins on Jan. 28.

"In the life I've spent in the outdoors, ...Read more

Donald Trump stood at the center of American politics -- in both senses -- when he was inaugurated in the U.S. Capitol on Monday afternoon.

Pretty much everything of import in national affairs will revolve around Trump for the foreseeable future, and he's managed, in many respects, to occupy the political and cultural center.

Trump's critics...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump got straight to the point when he delivered his Inaugural Address Monday inside the Capitol. There are things he wants to do in the next four years.

But of course on this cold Monday, Trump could not fail to mention his own personal triumph --winning in 2024 after losing reelection in 2020, two ...Read more

It's just about time for Inauguration weekend 2025. I'm excited to say I'll be there to witness history.

And guess who's back in charge?

Donald J. Trump, the legend, is about to take back the White House and the entire U.S. government, from the deep state, D.C. swamp, the radical communist traitors of the Democrat Party and their brain-dead, ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- I remember when the networks called the 2020 election for President Joe Biden. It was a Saturday; that evening, as he addressed his gleeful supporters in Wilmington, Delaware, the new president-elect declared victory in "the battle to restore decency."

"Decency," of course, was code for "Not Trump."

Before Biden's one term ...Read more

In 1989, Ronald Reagan gave his farewell speech in the Oval Office. After the live coverage on ABC, then-White House reporter Sam Donaldson offered a Democratic rebuttal of sorts on the Reagan legacy. Later, on NBC, David Letterman asked Donaldson if presidents are required to talk to reporters.

Donaldson said no, but "it doesn't do anyone ...Read more

It's hard to believe, but we're finally here. Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump's 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States.

And what an absolutely wild ride it has been. In the interim four years, Trump has ...Read more

Only hours after a possible ceasefire deal was announced between Israel and Hamas, Khalil al Hayya, chairman of the terrorist organization, declared victory, contending that the mass murder of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, would "forever be a source of pride for our people."

Speaking from the safety of Qatar, Hayya didn't express a hint of...Read more

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church, the fourth largest cathedral in the world, and unfinished. Begun in 1892, it is more exhibition hall than gathering for Christians. Given the rate of decline of the Episcopal Church, once called the Republican Party at prayer, it can safely be written that the last ...Read more

"It is not enough in life that one succeed," the droll economist John Kenneth Galbraith is supposed to have said. "Others must fail."

We're at a moment, in this week before Donald Trump's second inauguration, when the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president is succeeding at just about every enterprise he undertakes, while his political and ...Read more

In 1942, the Nazi apparatchik Otto Dietrich sniffed, "America never contributed anything to world civilization but chewing gum and Coca-Cola."

He rather understated our significance, but even if he'd been right, giving the world Coca-Cola is a greater contributor to human happiness than most other countries have managed to muster.

In yet ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- There has been a lot of talk lately about the need to return respect and civility to politics.

Although I'm not sure I buy into the premise that those things were ever really part of politics, I welcome the sentiment nonetheless.

We should start with Senate confirmation hearings, if it's not already too late. There is too much ...Read more

When she was a member of the House of Representatives, Tulsi Gabbard was a fierce defender of personal privacy rights protected by the Fourth Amendment. She consistently opposed permitting federal agents to spy on Americans without search warrants, and she consistently voted against the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence ...Read more

Members of Congress get a number of generous benefits from their positions. They earn $174,000 annually (nearly three times the salary of the average American), they are provided with a sizable per diem for lodging and meals during their travels across the nation and abroad, they have the best health insurance that money can buy, and many will...Read more

The Federal Reserve's premature victory lap over inflation reveals a worrisome misunderstanding of the predicament we still find ourselves in. Unprecedented government spending and debt, combined with mounting fears that the debt can't (or won't) be repaid, played a misunderstood role in inflation's rise several years ago. As such, fiscal ...Read more

Fires continue to destroy parts of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. At this writing, more than 40,000 acres have burned. Twelve thousand-plus structures -- mostly homes but also businesses, churches and schools -- have burned to the ground. Pacific Palisades is virtually gone, as are parts of Malibu and much of Altadena. Almost 200,000 ...Read more