May 5, 2026
Tuesday
Recent Changes
Has anybody else noticed how poorly written and run both
the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post are? We subscribe to both of them, along with the
New York Times. I grew up reading the
Los Angeles Times. I spent many
mornings glancing over the headlines and then turning to the sports pages to
see how my horse picks for the races were doing! YES!
Even at ten years of age, I was following the horses.
But, I digress.
They both have turned into RAGS or, even worse, propaganda
rags. I hardly read anything on the LA
Times anymore, except stories about rattlesnakes or mountain lions or
bears. What a waste! The Post is even worse. I hardly read it at all.
If I want information, I go to the New York Times, which I
am still learning how to navigate, or I go to The Atlantic. I see that The Atlantic has picked up
journalists and writers from the WA Post and they now write for it.
There used to be a column written by a gal who posted
recipes in the LA Times. In fact, I
have a book of compiled recipes from that era.
And, they are really GOOD recipes.
But, alas, no more recipe column like the good old days.
And, to be honest, I miss the feel of a newspaper delivered
or bought daily. I remember when my
Grandfather used to walk across the street from their house, buy a copy of The
Herald Examiner, and bring it back to the kitchen table where he would review
the horses running. He used to take me
with him to the track, Santa Anita, and I’d leave their home with $2.00 and
usually come back with $10.00 or more.
He, of course, would place my bets for me and I was pretty good at
choosing the horse to place (come in 2nd). I was never really good at picking the winner. I did, however, pick the winner of this year’s
Kentucky Oaks, Always a Runner, because, well, I liked her name. I did NOT, however, pick this year’s
Kentucky Derby winner…didn’t even notice him!
I haven’t really kept up with my horse racing interest, which probably
is a good thing, because I have so many other things to do now, but I DO miss
sitting at my parents’ kitchen table, eating my cereal, reading the back of the
cereal box, and looking at the previous day’s horse racing results. THOSE WERE THE TIMES!
Anybody have thoughts or comments?
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