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mark m. goldblatt

mark meyer goldblatt -lrb- born june 8 , 1957 -rrb- is an american journalist , novelist , theologian and educator .
he attended queens college of the city university of new york from 1974-1979 , where he earned a bachelor 's degree in english .
after brief stints as a proofreader and copyeditor , he enrolled in the cuny graduate center in 1983 and was awarded a doctorate in english literature in 1990 , writing his dissertation on the theological underpinning of the protestant reformation in england .
goldblatt is perhaps best known as a political commentator .
-lsb- http://www.markgoldblatt.com/p/political-columns.html] he published his first opinion piece on the op-ed page of `` the new york times '' in 1989 .
since then , he has written hundreds of columns and book reviews for periodicals and online journals such as `` newsday '' , `` the new york post '' , `` the new york daily news '' , `` commentary magazine '' , `` usa today '' , `` reason magazine '' , `` national review '' , `` the american spectator '' , the claremont review of books , `` the common review '' and intellectual conservative .
since 1989 , goldblatt has taught at fashion institute of technology of the state university of new york .
