Los Angeles

newspaper

nationality

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is a place where figuratively, literally, metaphorically, everybody keeps a bag packed. Just in case. It is a transient place full of people drawn by the dream and running from the nightmare, ready to make a break for it if necessary.

Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really dropped anchor. It was a transient place. People drawn by the dream, people running from the nightmare. Twelve million people and all of them ready to make a break for it if necessary. Figuratively, literally, metaphorically -any way you want to look at it -everybody in L.A. keeps a bag packed. Just in case.Michael Connelly

is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs.

A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs.

Michael ConnellyThinkers

Michael Connelly