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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Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival: New Jersey's Best-Kept Secret
Two upcoming music festivals you might want to put on your calendar.
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Tributes Paid to the Late Science Fiction Writer Octavia Butler
A collection of tributes offers testimony to Butler's influence on the genre.
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Oscar Aftermath: Can I Pick 'Em or What?
Hey, weren't those French guys cute with their stuffed penguins?
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My Oscar Predictions for 2006
I doubt that a significant percentage of Academy Award voters have seen all of the movies.
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N.J. Senators Drop the Ball on USA Patriot Act
N.J. Senators wail over port ownership while the Patriot Act slips by them.
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Sand Kings of New Jersey: It's Their Ocean, We Just Pay So They Can Live By It
Should taxpayers foot the bill for upgrading the quality of private beaches in New Jersey?
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Octavia Butler, Champion Science Fiction Writer and Certified Genius, Dies at 58
If science fiction is a literary form that provides a symbolic arena for talking about contemporary life, then Butler explored the limits of that form.
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Body Snatchers of New Jersey, Inc.
I don't know about you, but I find it pretty hard to resist a newspaper story with the headline: HE WENT DOOR TO DOOR IN SEARCH OF CADAVERS.
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Slate Pundit Can Only Hear Conservatives Gripe About Bush
...never (shudder) liberals.
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Bizarro World Update: Bush Consults Michael Crichton on Global Warming
The Bush administration ignores real science on global warming, but opens its doors to a pop sci-fi writer who thinks it's all a big conspiracy.
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