https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/07/26/hail-freedonia-at-the-lat/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-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 14:04:09 -0400<![CDATA[Events at my hometown newspaper &#8211; the Los Angeles Times &#8211; are beginning to resemble a remake of the Marx Brothers&#8217; Duck Soup with everyone firing (or being fired) at will. First Steve Wasserman is out at the Book Review, then John Caroll is &#8220;retired&#8221; as editor and now Michael Kinsley, the vaunted savior of the paper&#8217;s fusty opinion pages, is out after what feels like ten minutes, but must have been more like ten months. At first I thought Kinsley got the heave ho for running this nonsense, but then I read the following at Editor &amp; Publisher:]]>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:02:21 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2005/07/26/hail-freedonia-at-the-lat-n208993