Betsy Hart aka Betsy Meade (born c. 1963) is a professional writer for the conservative organization

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, syndicated columnist for the Scripps Howard News and

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commentator who is a frequent contributor to

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and the

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. She also appeared frequently on ABC's show ''

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''.

Works

Hart wrote a column on family and cultural issues titled “From the Hart”. The column is distributed each week to hundreds of newspapers all over the country. It appears regularly in mainstream newspapers such as the

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, the

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, the

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, among many others. Her radio program is titled "It Takes a Parent" and is featured on Chicago’s WYLL/AM1160 radio.

Appearances

Hart has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she was featured as one of America’s top five women columnists.

Family

Hart is the mother of four children and author of the book ''It Takes a Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting is Hurting Our Kids... and What to Do About It''. She is currently working on her next book ''Let's Look at Things a Little Differently.'' She is divorced her husband after 17 years of marriage and has since married Thomas Meade, a professor of chemistry at nearby Northwestern University. She is raising her four children in

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, a suburb of Chicago.

Views

Hart believes that production and consumption of organic food is less safe and more expensive than conventionally produced food, although she admits that if "people want to spend more on the stuff, that’s their deal." She does not believe that

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is primarily a man-made condition. She thinks that comedy should not include cursing or masturbatory gestures. She also believes that schools not celebrating with Halloween parties is scary and Orwellian.

Education

In 1985 she graduated from the

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with a B.A. in Russian Studies.

References

External links

Jewish World Review Archives

Betsy Hart's Weblog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Betsy University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni 1960s births Living people American bloggers American columnists American commentators E. W. Scripps Company people 21st-century American non-fiction writers