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SAN DIEGO -- Jean Twenge has a knack for chronicling the obsession that many Americans have with, well, themselves. In 2006, the psychology professor at San Diego State University wrote...

SAN DIEGO -- Some of what is being said about the possible swine flu pandemic that seems to have originated in Mexico demonstrates that ignorance is infectious. Among the infected:...

SAN DIEGO -- The Mexican media have taken to calling the drug war "Calderon's Iraq," and suggest it could swallow up the entire six-year term of Mexican President Felipe Calderon...

SAN DIEGO -- President Obama insists that his administration doesn't torture. But just what does Obama think he's doing to some of his supporters by releasing interrogation memos that cast...

SAN DIEGO -- It's not unusual for a U.S. ambassador to be a witness to history. But, as U.S. ambassador to Mexico the last six years, Tony Garza was able...

SAN DIEGO -- Events on the U.S.-Mexico border were already creepy. Now they're eerily familiar. Ninety-three years ago this month, Mexican outlaw-turned-revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa led more than 500 men...

SAN DIEGO -- We're only about a month into the Obama presidency and already immigrant-rights activists are getting restless. Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform are more determined than ever to...

SAN DIEGO -- One of the great long-term threats to the security and prosperity of the United States is a growing sense of entitlement. I don't mean those costly federal...

SAN DIEGO -- Read my lips: Like everyone else, I'd prefer no new taxes. Americans are taxed too much as it is and politicians -- in both parties -- are...

SAN DIEGO -- The American people are right to react to the ongoing debate over an economic stimulus package with mixed feelings and a profound sense of frustration. A recent...

SAN DIEGO -- Why do liberals go ballistic over Alberto Gonzales? The nation's first Hispanic attorney general has been out of office for 17 months and his party is no...

SAN DIEGO -- Many high-achieving African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans know very well what it is like to be the first this or the only that. Breaking down doors and being...

SAN DIEGO -- The latest scuttlebutt surrounding Bill Richardson's decision to give up his nomination as commerce secretary is that the New Mexico governor didn't jump ship, he was pushed...

SAN DIEGO -- There aren't enough women and minorities in the highest positions in government. But who's counting? Just about everyone, it seems. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., is keeping score...

SAN DIEGO -- Here's a debate that strikes a familiar chord. When do song lyrics that are meant to be entertaining hit a sour note and become offensive? Many conservatives...