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Frank Hart Rich Jr. (born June 2, 1949) is an American essayist, liberal / progressive op-ed columnist and writer notable for having held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011, and a producer of television series and documentaries at HBO.

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I grew up in Washington, D. C. But also loving the theater.

Grew, Grew Up, Loving, Theater

What are Americans still buying? Big Macs,Campbell's soup,Hershey's chocolate and Spam--the four food groups of the apocalypse.

Big, Chocolate, Food, Four, Groups

If Obama needs to be criticized, I will criticize him. There's a tremendous amount of excitement about him. And a corollary of that is, as we're learning, from newspapers and magazines that are going into overdrive reprinting Obama editions, etc.

Etc, Magazines, Needs, Tremendous

Our humanity has been compromised by those who use Gestapo tactics in our war. The longer we stand idly by while they do so, the more we resemble those 'good Germans' who professed ignorance of their own Gestapo.

Humanity, Ignorance, Longer, Professed, Resemble, War

What was most striking about the Obama speech in Berlin was not anything he said so much as the alternative reality it fostered: many American children have never before seen huge crowds turn out abroad to wave American flags instead of burn them.

Alternatives, Children, Instead, Reality, Said, Seen

The only truly shocking thing about last Tuesday's election is that the Democrats didn't do far worse, or as badly as they deserved.

Tuesday, Politics, Lasts, Worse, Deserved, Shocking

To me, the fun part of both jobs is to always try to push the discussion and debate forward in some way. The most fun part of being a theater critic for the Times was always to try and champion something that maybe other people didn't like, or that was produced under obscure circumstances or had to fight for its life. And I would say in the column what I try to do is in some ways related in that I'm trying to fight for a point of view. I'm not trying to be a kingmaker in either job, and don't want to be, and shouldn't be.

Circumstances, Critic, Fight, Fighting, Fun, Jobs

The principal House sponsor (of the Defense of Marriage Act), Bob Barr of Georgia has been married three times--which raises the question of why the act doesn't contain a three-strikes-and-you're-out provision.

Act, Bob, Defense, House, Three

Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years.

Bush, Clinton, Intrusive, Moral, Scolds, Years

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.

Break Up, Film, Kids, New York, Theater

The actor doesn't merely command the stage, he seems to own it by divine right.

Actors, Command, Divine Right, Merely, Stage

Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I,". . . can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance. After 30-odd. . . Mr Brynner is, quite simply, The King.

Acting, Brynner, Endurance, Kings, Regarded

There have been at least three other cases in which federal agencies have succeeded in placing fake news reports on television during the Bush presidency. It was a really good tour. It seemed maybe about a week too long.

Agency, Bush, Fake, Fake People, Long, Succeeded

Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals.

Criminals, Depicts, High, Hollywood, Longer, Propaganda

When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics.

Politics, Soul, Thinking, Truth

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't.

Facts, Kind, Masquerade, Politician, Tedious, Thing

The most wonderful street in the universe is Broadway. It is a world within itself. High and low, rich and poor, pass along at a rate peculiar to New York, and positively bewildering to a stranger.

Broadway, New York, Peculiar, Wonderful, World