Who sent these kids out to play in traffic?
Jan. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A brick – the Water Balloons for Brains award – to the three teenagers in a Mitsubishi Montero, at least one of whom allegedly threw a water balloon at a BMW driven by an off-duty police officer. Then, when the officer followed them to a cul-de-sac, the young driver panicked and damaged three cars.
Wait, it gets better.
More Logan Jenkins Columns
Dec. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Reflections on a career in an era of headlines: Though I smiled with envy at many, my favorite passage in “Contrarian,” Peter Kaye's freshly published autobiography, marries two stories spanning the lifetime of America's most famous political dog.
Dec. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Physically, not fiscally, fitter for a new year: Since the stock market tanked in September, I've lost 15 pounds. No, I'm not wasting away in despair. I'm not sick.
Dec. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Campaign in Poway: 1st choice is to buy local: As billed in a city of Poway press release, Jim Cunningham, a freshly elected councilman, became the proud owner of a new Ford Taurus at a news conference Tuesday morning.
Dec. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Who has the G's to take on 'Bulldozer Bill'?: Everybody – OK, a gaggle of political junkies – is talking about the future of Supervisor Ron Roberts.
Dec. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
She will vote for Citizen Obama: On Monday, Chris Young of Oceanside will cast one of the 538 decisive votes for president and vice president of the United States.
Dec. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Rescue shelter needs a hand, not litigation: To: Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. Re: A case for the birds
Dec. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Learn how you did on N. County civic quiz: Today, the day that lives in infamy, we have some civic makeup work to do. Thursday, you'll recall, I encouraged you to take a 33-question civic literacy quiz that the majority of randomly selected Americans failed abysmally.
Dec. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Think you know about N. County? Prove it!: We're dumb. So dumb. That's the (dumbed-down) conclusion of a recent study by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
Dec. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Local conservative pops up in daffy Palin ad: For pure schmaltz, you'd be hard-pressed to cook up a sweeter, fattier dish than the Thanksgiving-themed “Thank You, Sarah Palin” TV ad that just finished airing on cable in the Lower 48 (with extra airings in Alaska).
Nov. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Encinitas park plans prove to be so divisive: A brick – the Polarized Park award – to the Encinitas City Council for failing, despite endless workshops and meetings and much weeping and wailing, to work out a political compromise over the Hall property, the 44 acres the city purchased in 2001 for a community park.
Dec. 1 (SIGNONSANDIEGO)
Sarah Palin 'Thank You' ads: View the Our Country Deserves Better-PAC thank-you ad View the liberal spoof ad
Nov. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Count your blessings, and hold them tight: I've been slaving for hours over the toast. My wife cooks the turkey for the platter while I serve up the palaver.
Nov. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Cravens trial recalls a 1992 assault on justice: The first words I ever read about Seth Cravens, the convicted murderer of pro surfer Emery Kauanui, were scrawled on a La Jolla sidewalk.
Nov. 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Postcard generates problem for panel: It's rarely a good idea to irk the ump. But that's what the city of Carlsbad did by creating the dead-wrong impression that the California Energy Commission was soliciting – even paying for – public comment from within the city's own propaganda.
Nov. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
CHP station resolution may be just too obvious: I know just what you're going to say. Who cares?
Nov. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Closing wallets now worsens the big picture: Remember when President Bush called upon Americans to go shopping in the aftermath of 9/11? He was ridiculed as a superficial cheerleader, but in retrospect, it wasn't such a dumb prescription for a country paralyzed by fear.
Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
New dam notion stirs memories of old film: A recent news story introduced a novel solution to nearly 60 years of hand-wringing over the Santa Margarita River.
Nov. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Diaz's win a milestone that bodes well for city: Barack Obama made American history Tuesday night. In Escondido, Olga Diaz made her own brand of history, finishing ahead of incumbent Councilman Ed Gallo.
Nov. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
To-do list: Vote, relax with never-do-again list: This fine November morning, I know how Marco Polo must have felt when he was but a day's ride from Kublai Khan's court.
Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
High beam shines on 3 political lowlights: The final days of a political campaign are much like an exorcism. Evil spirits fly out of the body politic at such a furious rate that it can make the head spin. Consider three lowlights of the projectile politicking in North County:
