Opinion: Ode to the hole
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Outbound east coast editor Michael Newman, recently tarred as “one of the many mid-level editors at the Times from Away who are so keen to tell Angelenos how crappy their city is,” has a new column today that begins like this:
I’m familiar with all the usual complaints: It has no center. It’s artificial. It’s bad for your health. It can be stale, or rough around the edges, or too sprawling. It epitomizes the excess and emptiness of American culture. Still, I will defend the doughnut. Even better: I will celebrate the L.A. donut.
Whole thing here; Opinion Daily archive here; directions to Martha’s Donuts in Lakewood here.