Editor\'s Essays Articles

Re “A Different Ridley-Thomas at Oil Field Update Meeting”

Re “The Fabric Was Stretched at Oil Field Meeting”

[Editor’s Note: Three months ago this afternoon, County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, peeved to the point of outrage at a Jan. 28 story in this newspaper, began a marathon pout that continues unabated. Without delving into unpleasant details in the 90-day interim, Mr. Ridley-Thomas, ducking contact by telephone and email, deputized one Karly Katona to telephone the newspaper late yesterday afternoon. She was to give her impressions of his Monday night “community meeting” on the oil field regulations dispute. Ms. Katona was understandably taken aback when the editor said he did not want to speak with her, only with the supervisor. Shortly after, Ms. Katona emailed the newspaper. This morning, the editor replied to her. Below is the record of their correspondence.]

Toward the end of one of my more forgettable marriages, my For a Few More Minutes Wife slid past me one morning at the breakfast table.

It was 8:45.

Summoning her most attractive smile — midway between a Doberman and an ailing dachshund — she said icily, “Are you going to the office today?”

Re “Dandy Dan Is a Doozy — with an Asterisk”

The clodhoppers on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Lack of Trust(ees) surely stooped last year when they hired the Dandy Dan the Chancellor Man to stand guard over this very needy District. Benedict Arnold probably is getting nervous in his gravebed. Where is Frank Quiambo when we need him?

Re “Gross Was Right,” He Says with Vigor”

Re “Be Careful Who You Blame”

Applying the quotidian logic of the practicing journalists at the Los Angeles Titanic, if the Dodgers beat the Giants, 5 to 3, this afternoon in the baseball season opener, the boys at the Titanic will report tomorrow morning that the Giants actually won because, well, they did fail, but by golly they tried, and to a liberal, trying is pivotal.

Twice in the last five days, I have been face-to-face with purveyors of faux victimology, last Friday at state Sen. Curren Price’s promotion to guarantee “women and minority” contracts when building California’s speculative high speed rail and again at last night’s School Board meeting.

While the world’s only known drag queen running an Arab government, the lovely Moo-Moo Gaddafi, who wrote the Cow-Cow Blues for the pop group the Cowsills back in the ‘70s, milks Libyan banks dry and cooks a few patties before being shot out to pasture, he is one of the few people County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas doesn’t want to trade places with.

Isn’t it unfortunate that only one newspaper’s endorsements in this town mean more than a dead frog’s hiccup?

Isn’t it unfortunate that only one newspaper’s endorsements in this town mean more than a dead frog’s hiccup?