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My son Cameron is 43. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two little girls, ages 3 and 5. His wife works full-time as a home loan processor and he has one of the toughest... — Updated 7/24/2021

When hammer-thrower Gwen Berry turned her back on the American flag at the Olympic Trials, it made me think of Sgt. William Carney. Berry probably doesn’t know who Carney was.... — Updated 7/10/2021

Did I hear the president of the United States say Americans need to get F-15s and nukes if we really want to keep the government in line? I did hear it. Joe Biden apparently was... — Updated 7/3/2021

I think I can still hear them partying in the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin and his inner circle are toasting each other with shots of vodka and loud singing. I can’t understand Russian... — Updated 6/19/2021

Joe Biden is taking his first trip overseas as president. After stopping in England he’ll summit with European leaders in Brussels and then move on to his mano-a-mano meet-up... — Updated 6/12/2021

Most of the country has seen video of the tragic death of Ma’Khia Bryant. She’s the 16-year-old girl from Columbus, Ohio, who was shot four times on April 20 by a police... — Updated 5/22/2021

Decades ago my sister Maureen called the Republican Party “The Stupid Party.” Today, the Party of Lincoln — the Party of Reagan — is again proving her right. Instead of... — Updated 5/8/2021

It was a rough week for conservatives, Republicans and all Americans. The torture started last Sunday evening with the Academy Awards ceremony, which sounded like it was produced... — Updated 5/1/2021

So let me get this straight. According to the president, according to the Democrats, and according to the liberal media, half my country is racist, my political party is racist and... — Updated 4/24/2021

Will someone please lend President Biden a history book? He thinks Georgia’s new voting integrity law is “Jim Crow on steroids.” And Georgia’s pretend ex-governor Stacey Abr... — Updated 4/10/2021

The pandemic of 2020 was a tragedy for the whole world. But our all-out war against the coronavirus taught Americans a bunch of important lessons. It proved that our political... — Updated 4/3/2021

I can hardly wait to see how President Biden’s second 100 days in office go. So far he’s ripped up Trump’s successful immigration policy by the roots, stopped work on the... — Updated 3/20/2021

So what was the big point of Oprah’s “bombshell” interview? Was it to watch Meghan Markle throw her husband’s family under the bus as a bunch of racists? Was it to prove... — Updated 3/13/2021

Say what you will about the personal and political failings of Donald Trump, at least he was an optimist. Along with being a cheerleader for America, he talked positively,... — Updated 2/27/2021

His fans knew it was coming, but they were still crushed to hear the news that Rush Limbaugh had died. His political enemies and the liberal mainstream media, on the other hand,... — Updated 2/20/2021

It’s not often you can watch a major event playing out on the national stage and predict with certainty how it will end, but this month that’s happened twice. The first was... — Updated 2/18/2021

It’s not right. It’s not fair. And, on top of all that, President Biden’s executive order allowing transgender males to compete against girls is going to destroy girls sports... — Updated 2/6/2021

Everyone agreed the inauguration ceremony was nice. Lady Gaga was Lady Gaga. Garth Brooks was Garth Brooks. Everyone also agreed President Joe Biden’s speech was nice. Nothing... — Updated 1/23/2021

Wednesday was a sad day for America. We watched the mob violence and lawlessness in Washington with a tear in our eye. We saw images of the Capitol stormed by hundreds of yahoos... — Updated 1/9/2021

What a difference a terrible year makes. Last year at this time, my wife, Colleen the travel agent, and I were getting ready to take 40 of her clients on a 15-day cruise out of Duba... — Updated 1/2/2021

Christmas in California has effectively been canceled by Emperor Gavin Newsom. And now it looks like here in L.A. we’re going to be locked in our basements by the local yahoos in... — Updated 12/19/2020

I thought I was going to escape the madness of the L.A. Lockdown. I thought if I rented a small weekend getaway house in a rural part of the state two hours north, my family and I... — Updated 12/12/2020

The state of California has felt like a minimum-security prison for eight months. In the name of fighting the pandemic and preventing our hospitals from being overwhelmed by COVID-1... — Updated 12/5/2020

Californians have suffered greatly in our crazy war against the China virus. Our economy is a wreck. Restaurants are dying off by the hundreds. Schools are half closed. Disneyland... — Updated 11/21/2020

Our politicians and leaders still don’t get it. They don’t seem to understand — or care — that China has already declared World War III. The Communist Party thugs who rule... — Updated 11/14/2020