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SAN DIEGO -- For more than two centuries, part of being an American has often meant struggling to be something else. No offense intended. It's not that people are looking...

SAN DIEGO -- When the make-love-not-war generation finally got around to having kids, they were so proud of their accomplishment that they fawned over the little darlings and protectively adorned...

SAN DIEGO -- In the past, I've advised undocumented immigrants from Mexico to learn English, become legal, value education, refuse handouts, resist entitlement, and culturally assimilate. Now, given a disturbing...

SAN DIEGO -- It's time to send Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York a slew of calendars. Here's why. One of my favorite stories from the civil rights movement involves...

BOSTON -- It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman. "This is a doctor," she said, pointing to...

The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had the perfect strategy for upstate New York's 23rd congressional district: 1. Support a candidate who doesn't live in the district --...

SAN DIEGO -- Hotelier Larry Whitten should have known this much: When in New Mexico, do as the New Mexicans do. That sounds familiar. It's ironic that the cultural right...

SAN DIEGO -- What's next? A resurgence of segregated swimming pools, where they only let Mexican-Americans swim on Fridays because they drain the pool on Saturdays? A return to segregated...

SAN DIEGO -- Joe Arpaio, who calls himself "America's toughest sheriff," has gone rogue. Consumed by ego, accused of racial profiling, and running roughshod over the federal government, this incurable...

SAN DIEGO -- If Census Bureau estimates are accurate, there are about 47 million Latinos in the United States, accounting for about 15 percent of the total U.S. population. And,...

SAN DIEGO -- After years of criticizing President George W. Bush for running roughshod over American foreign policy by sending U.S. troops to fight two wars, liberals who support President...

SAN DIEGO -- There was a huge response to a column listing 10 ways for immigrants -- especially those from Mexico and Latin America -- to improve their relationship with...

SAN DIEGO -- You can place a top general in Afghanistan, but you can't tell him what to think. Call that one of President Obama's first lessons as commander in...

SAN DIEGO -- President Obama has already made three big errors where the issues of health care and illegal immigration intersect, and we're still in the early innings. Error No...

SAN DIEGO -- Americans have the unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of ... leisure? You would think so, given how hard some of our brethren fight for...