Steven Hart is a freelance writer based in New Jersey. He blogs about politics and popular culture at The Opinion Mill. He also blogs about writing and more personal matters at StevenHartSite.
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Fond Thoughts For The Da Vinci Code
The hysteria about the book is far more entertaining than the book itself and should be encouraged as often as possible.
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Why There Won't Be A Democratic Landslide in November
So Bush and the Republicans are tanking in the polls? It don't mean a thing unless the Dems take a swing.
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Minamata 50 Years Later
Unnecessary deaths on a small Japanese island from mercury poison only became public because of a great photojournalist, Eugene Smith.
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Ted Hughes Gets An Appropriate Memorial
For a poet whose work was grounded in nature, a nature walk grounded in poetry.
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Si Se Puede: Amnesty For The Immigrants
You wanna build a wall along the southern border? Fine, but as soon as it's done, chuck Michelle Malkin and Lou Dobbs over the top.
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Wit vs. Humor: Why Stephen Colbert's Performance Was Masterful
Some defensive pundits are saying Bush got more laughs than Colbert. Of course he did. Colbert was after something more than just laughs.
83
Another Turning Point in Iraq
More blowback from Iraq that we can look forward to.
82
I Got Your War On Christianity Right Here
For all the conservative whining about "persecution" of Christianity, religion remains largely exempt from criticism in the public sphere.
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CD Review: Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Poguetry in Motion
If you thought an album of folk standards was going to sound like compulsory chapel with a side order of wheat germ and broccoli, disabuse yourself of that notion.
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How Dare You be Intolerant of My Tolerance for Your Intolerance About Tolerance!
We can save America from damnation by not giving a damn about religion.
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