For those long-time regulars (you short term ones barely know me, as I haven’t posted regularly since the spring), my affection for Christopher Hitchens is known. I wrote about his work regularly, and he was by far the writer I read most over the last decade, so his passing last week hit me as [...]
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- Red River: A Ron Pearlman recommendation on TCM Tuesday, this Howard Hawkes masterpiece still resonates. Most John Wayne fans have a list of his favorite co-stars, with company favorites like Walter Brennan, Ward Bond and Maureen O’Hara. I’ll go with Montgomery Clift. He’s an absolute monster, and like the greats, can come off as [...] As most of you know, I’m a sports writer. Been one for most of the last decade, with a brief departure into news writing. So like I did with LeBron, here is my take on the current moment. - People have asked me if this is the “worst” sports scandal of all time. I don’t [...] To no surprise to anyone who follows the Buckeye state or politics, Ohio’s Issue 3 went down and it went down hard. The bill would have eliminated most collective bargaining rights for public employee unions in the state, including police, fire fighters and teachers. My consternation with unions has been documented well. I’ll put it [...] Devil in a blue shirt, blue shirt, blue shirt … Ohio: Ground Zero for Conservative’s Soul Crushing Agenda – that’s the headline from Alternet. It’s from an article that was shared in my History class, one from my professor – the one who took the political way too personal – and decided this was [...] First of all, Floyd nails the student loan fiasco per the Occupy Wall Street protest below. Second, the protest could be ending due to – (waiting for the lightning bolt of irony to tear from the heavens) – a disagreement between OWS organizers and the elected assembly of drum circles. From Megan McArdle, in [...] Occupy JohnFN’s Campus has officially started, and with the full-throated support of my history professor. To know how she teaches history, it usually involves material from Amy Goodman, Common Dreams, MSNBC and interrupting any student with a competing argument. Politics were held to a minimum the first several weeks, until emotions got the best of [...] First of all, it’s nice to be back, even if this small appearance may be brief. In case you’re wondering, I’ve been busy – very busy. I’m writing a lot, as the job demands, and I’m also inching closer to that once distant goal of having a bachelor’s degree. This, as well as raising an [...] Andrew Breitbart’s tome “Righteous Indignation” is out. If you somehow missed this event, it’s because you haven’t been to Big Hollywood, where Breitbart’s upcoming book release has locked up the No. 1 spot on the marquee for some time. As The Atlantic Wire has noted, there is no middle-of-the-road for Breitbart or book reviews [...] I’ve seen the trailer to “Atlas Shrugged Part One” and color me unimpressed. P.J. O’Rourke, though, has actually seen the movie, which at first observation, appears to be an overbearing, underbudgeted mess. The movie version of Ayn Rand’s novel treats its source material with such formal, reverent ceremoniousness that the uninitiated will feel they’ve wandered [...] Woe the teary-eyed throngs in Wisconsin. It appears the government has decided to forgo those who have taken it hostage (literally, there are hundreds of protesters in the state capital, while Democrats have shut down the government by leaving the state). In the most ironic of terms possible, local Democrats have decried the use of [...] Ohio’s Senate Bill 5 passed this afternoon. The bill will go to a final vote before the House soon, where Republicans hold a 19-vote advantage. Wish I could say I was thrilled with what this encompasses. Despite what the Ohio house accomplishes, collective bargaining will come up to a referendum sometime in the near future, [...] Some random dude at Front Page Magazine read the future and predicted what we are now seeing in Ohio and Wisconsin – last year. An example of what these consequences can lead to can be seen in Ohio, where officials can’t hide behind the monetary printing press or non-existent budgets. Last year Gov. Ted Strickland [...] From Captain Andrew “Renault” Sullivan. … this president is too weak, too cautious, too beholden to politics over policy to lead. In this budget, in his refusal to do anything concrete to tackle the looming entitlement debt, in his failure to address the generational injustice, in his blithe indifference to the increasing danger of [...] This is quite the statement from Christopher Hitchens, whose last musings on Ronald Reagan occurred just after the President’s death, and weren’t very complimentary. Hitchens has been one Reagan’s biggest critics, and he remains so, as evidenced in most of his latest Slate article. Given that, this rejoinder is quite revealing and may have been [...] Scientists were able to sequence the DNA of writer/pundit Christopher Hitchens. It is shown above in this photograph. My sole reason for subscribing to “The Atlantic” was to read Christopher Hitchens’ monthly book reviews. Unfortunately, after his hair and expanding waist, this has seemed to succumbed to the cancer he is now battling in [...] P.J. O’Rourke doesn’t like the New York Times. Editorialized the Times: “It is legitimate to hold Republicans and particularly their most virulent supporters in the media responsible for the gale of anger that has produced the vast majority of these threats.” Interesting how a few small changes would make that sentence appall the Times as [...] Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light vigils held outside.From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had [...] I’m not sure there is enough left in the well, but going “The Expendables” route by loading up the roster with past stars from the other “Fast and Furious” flicks, as well as Dwayne Johnson, might keep the box office tally going. And that’s the reason this was made, the last movie made nearly [...] Did the decade end last year or this year? I always believed it ended on the 10. No matter, here are my Top Fives in Film for the past, er, decade. Read at your own peril, hate at your own whim. 1. Seabiscuit: New Deal preaching aside, a wonderful movie and perhaps the best [...] |
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