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John Schmitz

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2012

    Waiting for Righty: Hey, Kids, Three Fun Books on Conservatives!

    Young Noam with Mom and Dad​ I considered titling this week's review "Conservatism for Dummies" but that seemed unnecessarily cruel. As someone raised with your basic anti-social, self-hating, ahistorical so-called "conservative" values, I enjoy reminding myself and others of both my shame as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    OC's Five Least Reprehensible Elected Officials!

    Photo by John GilhooleyDevore: OC's second-least reprehensible GOPer?​I was having lunch over the weekend with a pal, a Republican who will never vote for an OC Reep due to their rank hypocrisy. I, as a lefty nut, shared with him my frustrations with the Democratic Party of Orange County, the grou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    John Schmitz, the Institute for Historical Review, and Old World Village

    Schmitz: Why is this man laughing?Spencer's excellent cover story this on skinhead-happy Old World Village allows me to post on a bit of Orange County history I've been keeping for a while: how this Surf City Alpine fantasy came to host a meeting of the Holocaust-denying Institute for Historical Rev ... More >>

  • News

    January 1, 2009

    The Best Posts of 2008, Direct From the Weekly's Parallel Universe

    Schmitz: Why is this man laughing?Spencer's excellent cover story this on skinhead-happy Old World Village allows me to post on a bit of Orange County history I've been keeping for a while: how this Surf City Alpine fantasy came to host a meeting of the Holocaust-denying Institute for Historical Rev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    The Real Teachers Of Orange County?

    *Update: It appears young Aaron Westbrook (a teacher arrested Monday for allegedly sleeping with one of his students at Capo Valley High; see below) graduated from Vanguard University, the Christian higher learning post in Costa Mesa where his dad, Ed Westbrook, is a professor of business, is head o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2006

    About Schmitz

    Let us pause a moment and remember one of those people who made Orange County so very Orange County-ish: John Schmitz (1930-2001). Usually when Schmitz is remembered these days, if he is remembered at all, it is for being the father of Mary Kay Letourneau, who became internationally famous as a de ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Jumping Down the Memory Hole

    'The War Within: Dissent During Crisis in America'

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2006

    Keeping the White in White House

    I've never doubted that Aliso Viejo's Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, was deluded, but until now I've never suspected he's delusional as well. Gilchrist tells the rightwing news service WorldNetDaily that he's seriously considering running for President of the United States. Gilchri ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 15, 2005

    Commie Girl

    Itching with it

  • Columns

    September 22, 2005

    a Clockwork Orange

    Itching with it

  • Columns

    February 17, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Itching with it

  • Columns

    December 23, 2004

    Eight Days

    Itching with it

  • Columns

    August 12, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Itching with it

  • Culture

    February 19, 2004

    Strange Land

    Chapman leaves us lost in translation

  • Features

    November 7, 2002

    Son of Scary

    Evil spawn of OCs Scariest People

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Reading & Righting

    Look, kids! The world according to the Orange County Republican Party!

  • Columns

    February 28, 2002

    Letters

    Look, kids! The world according to the Orange County Republican Party!

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Psychic Friends

    Was John Schmitz nuts? Or did mobsters run Orange County?

  • Features

    January 3, 2002

    Diary of a mad county

    Orange County, California: 2001

  • Columns

    January 25, 2001

    Goodbye, Old Friends

    The Circle of Life rolls on

  • Columns

    January 25, 2001

    John G. Schmitz, In His Own Words

    The Circle of Life rolls on

  • Features

    October 26, 2000
  • Features

    August 17, 2000

    Dear Mr. Fuentes

    Letters to the most powerful Republican in Orange County

  • Culture

    January 20, 2000

    Life With Daddy

    Pass the popcorn! Its Mary Kay LeTourneau time!

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