Commentary The other day I did something I thought I would never do again—subscribe to the  Los Angeles Times. Although the paper had been kind to me in its book review section (now extinct) over the years, I left the city and state over three years ago and continuing to read yet another rote, liberal newspaper, indeed one that was failing badly—the LAT lost $50 million in 2020 and has been on and off the block for the better part of a decade—had little appeal. But I am going back to California shortly to cover the gubernatorial recall election for this outlet and I thought the better part of valor would be to see what the state’s biggest newspaper had to say. (It helped that they were running an online special—$4 for 4 months—hard to resist). What I found did not altogether surprise.  The paper had devolved from a semi-national …