https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/08/17/a-dinosaur-lumbers-in-excuse-me-a-mammoth/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 03:32:40 -0400<![CDATA[People like me who have raised children in Los Angeles are usually familiar with the La Brea Tar Pits, the excavation behind the Los Angeles County Museum where the bones of saber tooth tigers and wooly mammoths have floated up in the muck like the ghosts of dead producers. They put to lie the clich&eacute; that nothing much happened hereabouts until DW Griffiths et al pushed aside the Indians with their windup movie cameras. Of course, it can become a little stultifying. Those bones hardly move and, even if you&#8217;ve been here as long as I have (thirty plus years), you don&#8217;t get to see much change.]]>Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:17:33 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2004/08/17/a-dinosaur-lumbers-in-excuse-me-a-mammoth-n204294