https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/21/playing-freud-with-hiltzik/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 19:48:30 -0400<![CDATA[I&#8217;m actually feeling a bit sorry for LAT columnist Michael Hiltzik who is undergoing something of a &#8220;skimmity ride&#8221; (see Thomas Hardy) across the blogosphere and now the mainstream media. For those few who don&#8217;t know, the Pulitzer Prize winner was caught posting on various blogs under fake screen identities excoriating his enemies (fancy talk for calling names). Of course, he isn&#8217;t alone in this slightly pathetic enterprise &#8211; it&#8217;s a fairly common occurrence (happens on here frequently enough). But it is surprising to see that someone with Hiltizk&#8217;s bona fides would think he could get away with this &#8211; we can trace your IP pretty easily, Michael, often even locate you on the map. It is, however, equally likely that Hiltzik knew this deep down and had the all-too-human desire to shoot himself in the foot (or in this case worse, since his reputation, unlike his foot, will never fully recover).]]>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2006/04/21/playing-freud-with-hiltzik-n212038