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A boot on the way out

JohnFN — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:34:44 +0000

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 [...]

Top Five: Last five watched

JohnFN — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:56:46 +0000

- 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 [...]

Thoughts on Penn State

JohnFN — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:11:29 +0000

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 [...]

Captain Kasich’s over reach

JohnFN — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:38:43 +0000

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 [...]

Fear and Loathing in John Kasich’s Ohio

JohnFN — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:01:59 +0000

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 [...]

Bang the drum slowly

JohnFN — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:47:57 +0000

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 [...]

Seven economic lies – or Occupy My Colon

JohnFN — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:52:48 +0000

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 [...]

California goes bust

JohnFN — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:13:35 +0000

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 [...]

Righteous Breitbart Nation

JohnFN — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:55:13 +0000

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 [...]

O’Rourke Shrugs

JohnFN — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:04:25 +0000

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 [...]