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John Van Doorn

With Sonic's help, I may go home again

In the interest of full and somewhat embarrassing disclosure, I am not now and never have been an investor in Sonic Drive-In, newly opened in downtown Vista.

Nov 19, 2009 | 8:15 pm | Loading…

Perks are not seemly, Mr. Tucker

So far as I know, no one is accusing Matt Tucker of being a crook or of being anything else approaching crookdom.

Nov 18, 2009 | 7:35 pm | Loading…

Privacy once bestrode the land; no longer

If privacy were a species, it would be just about extinct in the United States.

Nov 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Helmets are not too much to ask

Skateboarding is getting a bad name. At too many skateparks in too many communities, skateboarders ---- not all of them, but some ---- refuse to wear helmets. They defy other rules, too, apparently.

Nov 12, 2009 | 6:15 pm | Loading…

Stadium was a lovely thought, but ...

I don't know about you, but I am putting away my "Escondido Chargers" sweatshirt, probably for good.

Nov 11, 2009 | 6:55 pm | Loading…

Escondido's heart is with the arts, so there

Sometimes you could just stand up and cheer for the city of Escondido, and this is one of those times.

Nov 09, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…

San Marcos will be in the thick of census things

You have to get up pretty early in the morning to get ahead of San Marcos.

Nov 05, 2009 | 8:40 pm | Loading…

The transit board and what's best for grown-ups

As we all know, courtesy in our loud land is rapidly disappearing, manners are diving out the window, and civility hasn't a prayer. What's it to ya?

Nov 04, 2009 | 6:50 pm | Loading…

Halloween and other tremendous local excitement

You'd think Halloween was enough excitement for one weekend. Everywhere you looked Saturday, day and night, you saw figures in costumes of every imaginable shape and size, color and theme, gender (I believe there are seven) and intent, homemade and store-bought.

Nov 02, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…

11 numbers per local call is 4 too many

As if North County residents hadn't enough to worry about, now it's the phone system.

Oct 30, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Just look around; there's money to be made

Get-rich-quick schemes, which these days include taking advantage of the forlorn millions who have lost their homes to foreclosure, and "consolidating" credit-card debt, are very appealing and at least as moral as your average Wall Street transaction.

Oct 29, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Everywhere you turn, culture, culture, culture

Tempting as it is to accept at face value the notion (and old joke) that Southern California's only true culture is in its yogurt, there is much, much more to the place.

Oct 26, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…

A bill that will save the lives of women

It's been a lot of years now, or so it seems, since the word "budget" appeared all by itself across the country, the state and down where we live: North San Diego County.

Oct 22, 2009 | 9:25 pm | Loading…

Considering the bikers of North County

Depending on other events of the day, motorcycle accidents that kill people don't get a lot of attention.

Oct 21, 2009 | 7:15 pm | Loading…

At Carlsbad High, a great deal to cheer about

Somewhere in the wrinkled genes of all of us is the moaning gene, occasionally

Oct 19, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…

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