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Where is it written that if you don't like religion you are somehow disqualified from being a legitimate American? What was Mark Twain, a Russian?

Hendrik Hertzberg

A person's character is what it is. It's a little like a marriage - only without the option of divorce. You can work on it and try to make it better, but basically you have to take the bitter with the sweet.

Hendrik Hertzberg

A political ideology is a very handy thing to have. It's a real time-saver, because it tells you what you think about things you know nothing about.

Hendrik Hertzberg

Hendrik Hertzberg

Hendrik Hertzberg

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Born: 1943 (age 82)

Bio: Hendrik Hertzberg is an American liberal journalist, best known as the principal political commentator for The New Yorker magazine.

Known for:

¡Obamanos!: The Birth of a New Political Era (2009)
One Million (1970)
Politics (2004)
Candidates '88 (1988)

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