http://www.sandiego.comOpinion at SanDiego.comdaily1 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/by-mike-sager-nature-s-fire-brimstone-a-message-to-dc-politicians-2011-08-28 That was my mom on the phone. Now she’s got aftershocks. Five point nine on Tuesday. Four point five last night. Since when did Baltimore, Maryland start getting earthquakes? What in the hell is going on?... Mike Sager 2011-08-28T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/by-mike-sager-august-14-2011-08-16 Like some of you, I still relish the antiquated old media convention of my morning newspaper—practiced variously over the decades at a table of some sort in the early quiet with my coffee and multiple menthol cigarettes, or my coffee and cinnamon... Mike Sager 2011-08-16T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/christopher-dale-is-living-the-dream This past weekend, had you been able to stumble into something advertised as America’s Finest Beer Festival at Qualcomm Stadium­­—Note to well-intentioned organizers: Maybe scheduling an event to compete with the Comic Con juggernau... Mike Sager 2011-07-25T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/vetville-one-marines-plan-to-fight-the-ravages-of-war Recently I spent some time in Vetville. It’s a real place and not a real place at the same time, as you’ll see if you keep reading. Right now, it’s sort of a walking around daydream. From the look of things, it’s gettin... Mike Sager 2011-07-11T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/by-mike-sager-the-underdogs-and-overdogs-2011-06-20 We Americans--we love us some underdog. We love our Cinderellas; our dark horses; our long shots. The old warrior pulling one last victory out of his butt. The unknown schmuck who brazens his way into the winners’ circle. The Aztecs in the F... Mike Sager 2011-06-20T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/by-mike-sager-party-like-a-rock-star-2011-06-06 My son is having a pool party. Well, it’s not a pool party, exactly. It’s a video shoot for his latest song. He’s almost seventeen; summer vacation kicked off yesterday. Project pool party. I hope he put half as much thought in... Mike Sager 2011-06-06T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/by-mike-sager-obama-and-the-rapture-2011-05-23 Maybe like you, I spent part of my weekend waiting for the Rapture. Looking out the window. Searching the horizon. I even went to the front of my house and stood on my tiptoes and looked directly east. I felt like I should... Mike Sager 2011-05-23T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/by-mike-sager-on-graduation-2011-05-09 I always know when graduation looms. It starts with the spring Santa Anas, and all these weird bugs blown in from the desert are buzzing around my outdoor lights, and pollen covers every surface in fine, snot-yellow snowdrifts, exposing the ... Mike Sager 2011-05-09T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/arthur-salm-even-in-san-diego-mosquitoes-attack Last week I got a mosquito bite. It was an outrage. What it means is, I’m already behind 2010, a year in which no mosquito struck until the first or second week of May. But in an uncharacteristic (for me) glass-half-full way, every mosq... Arthur Salm 2011-04-26T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/opinion/coddon-in-the-city-safe-at-home I went to my first baseball game of the year last week – a Padres loss, if you can believe it, but that doesn’t matter. I typically enjoy a night out at Petco Park with the local nine and whomever they’re pl... David Coddon 2011-04-25T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.sandiego.com/images/newsitem_icon.gifhttp://www.sandiego.com