Lately I can’t access the normal version of the L.A. Times from my Treo. I have access to only a limited “mobile” version of the paper, which provides only a certain number of stories.

My inability to get the whole paper has at least two notable consequences. I can’t access the paper’s search engine on my Treo. Nor can I click on links that friends send me via e-mail.

I’m very sensitive to this because I am currently blogging everything from a mobile device. I’m hoping to get our cable hooked up soon, but it hasn’t happened yet.

I have a question mark at the end of the title of this post because I don’t know for sure whether this is the paper’s fault — but it sure seems that way. I haven’t changed anything that I’m doing. Is anyone else having the same problem?

First we give millions to alleged victims of the Rampart Police Scandal in Los Angeles. A jury even awards millions against one of their public defenders, absurdly finding that the officers who framed the plaintiff are zero percent responsible. Now a jury awards millions to three of the only officers prosecuted in the scandal.

This city is just one giant cash register.

If you read the Los Angeles Times, you can relate to this:

I went fishing for the truth, and I caught a tire.

— The Northern Pikes, a woefully underrated Canadian rock band