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Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2002 1:39 pm

By FELICITY BARRINGER
New York Times LOS ANGELES â€” In a poignant tale from "The Martian Chronicles," Ray Bradbury's 1950 collection of science fiction loosely rooted in the history of Southern California, a Martian fulfills the wishes of humans it encounters by taking the form of someone they have lost. When the Martian stays with one couple, its skill is a virtue. Exposed to too many people, it remakes itself over and over, dying in an agony of multiple identities.
It could just as well be a 1990's allegory about one of Southern California's most venerable institutions, The Los Angeles Times.

***Or, I suppose, any one of a number of other things.***

jmcg · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2002 9:54 pm

From the same story. Any clearer?
Is the problem in L.A., or New York??After three decades of experimenting with various local identities, The Los Angeles Times has ceased to style itself as Your Times. It is now its own Times, with national, international and regional ambitions. Its leaders say, with regret, that they cannot fulfill these ambitions while publishing a collection of interlocking newspapers, each with its own staff, vision and local accent

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Fri Jun 21, 2002 5:08 pm

MILWAUKEE _ It's the most famous motorized sausage in the nation, but even the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile can't drive on a restricted road next to the Pentagon. The crew of the 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels got grilled by police when it mistakenly traveled on a road closed to commercial traffic. Ever since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Route 110 has been off limits to vehicles with six wheels or more because of concerns that someone could drive a truck bomb close to the home of the nation's defense department. So when the Wienermobile that departed from Madison, Wis., lumbered down Route 110 Tuesday evening, a Virginia state trooper's eyes widened. Perhaps expecting the wurst, he flipped on his flashing lights and pulled over the lost dog. Traffic on the busy road that runs along the Potomac River backed up for a short time as people craned their heads and gawked, obviously relishing the sight of the Wienermobile getting busted. A passing motorist gave a frank appraisal of the sausage pilot's gaffe. (Milwakee Journal-Sentinel)***Funny? No.***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2002 10:25 am

BY PAIGE WISER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Times have changed. It seems like you can't commit a decent crime anymore without worrying about the evidence. ***Snappy.***

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