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As talk show host, non-fiction author and novelist, weekly oped-columnist, award-winning television writer and filmmaker, Steve Young just may be one of America's busiest and most versatile talents.

Icons from a myriad of fields stepped forward to share their remarkable stories of success built from adversity in Steve's inspiring book, "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (Tallfellow Press). Published internationally, "Great Failures..." and has become required reading in the Wharton School of Business Masters Program and made Steve a highly requested speaker on the college and corporate circuit.

His "All The News That's Fit To Spoof " column appeared every Sunday for years on the L.A. Daily News Oped Page. Refusing to be limited by any medium or particular political side of the aisle, as political editor for National Lampoon Steve created the mega-popular, right-sided web site, MoveOnPlease.org and was one of the original hosts at L.A.'s Home of Progressive Talk, KTLK AM1150.

An award-winning prime time television writer, Young's work has been seen on such television programs as ABC’s "Boy Meets World," CBS’s "Cybill," HBO Family’s "Crashbox," Disney’s "The Smart Guy," and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

With his wacky children’s novel, "Winchell Mink...The Misadventure Begins" (Harper-Collins) on the shelves and the award-winning "15 Minutes" (Harper-Collins) he has become a hot bet with kids, parents and schools. Steve has appeared all over national TV - from the Today Show to Bill O'Reilly - and radio pitching his own brand of satirical punditry with is political mayhem appearing on the pages of national newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and The New York Times, as well as on his own blog at www.steveyoungonpolitics.com.

To top it off, he took Hollywood power brokers to task with his hit cult film, "My Dinner With Ovitz." Not necessarily terribly focused, Steve has even written standup material of the inimitable Libertarian Presidential nominee, Bob Barr.

With boundless energy and enthusiasm, we can expect the name of America’s champion of failure to appear on an ever-growing number books lining the shelves of bookstores nationwide.*

*And hopefully, one day, we can stop him writing his name on all those books.

Blog Entries by Steve Young

Satire: Campaign 2012's Secret Weapon

3 Comments | Posted January 9, 2012 | 18:18:59 (EST)

Two political candidates walk into a bar. The first one is a liar. The second one is not. Which one would you vote for? Neither. The second one doesn't exist.
 
Elections are still over ten months away yet the 2012 campaign season is in full swing with...

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Trump Takes Credit for Bin Laden Death: "I've Never Been More Proud of Myself"

Posted May 4, 2011 | 08:13:04 (EST)

On what he declared was the "greatest triumph" of his Presidential exploration campaign, Donald Trump declared that his efforts were vital to the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

"Today I am even more proud of myself than I was last week," said a beaming Trump in front...

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Contradiction 2012

Posted March 21, 2011 | 17:39:10 (EST)

"The place is so crowded, no one goes there any more." Yogi Berra

And so the 2012 Republican paradox some call a presidential primary race begins in earnest... facetiously.

From Newt blaming his infidelity on overzealous patriotism -- piggy-backed by Santorum's marijuana-use admission to defend Gingrich -- to...

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Glenn Beck Plans January 15th "Day of Service"

Posted January 13, 2011 | 06:16:05 (EST)

Yesterday, Glenn Beck announced his plans for a "Day of Service" rally to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, January 15th.

"I think it's time that every American recommit to the ideals of the founding fathers with white people from all walks of life getting together...

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Philly Corruption...Bucks County Style

Posted October 28, 2010 | 11:23:34 (EST)

Frank Farry is an incumbent candidate for Pennsylvania State House Representative in the 142nd District of Lower Bucks County. He is a life-long resident of the area, an attorney, chief of the local fire department and can be found Friday evenings at the local high school football game or hobnobbing...

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Demanding Compassion (This Morning's Philadelphia Inquirer)

Posted October 4, 2010 | 08:30:17 (EST)

Doctors' compassion crisis
By Steve Young and William L. Scarlett,D.O., FACOS,FAACS

One Thursday in late 2007, Joy received a phone call from her surgeon and learned she had breast cancer. As you might expect, she was in shock and despair.

"What should I do?" she...

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Oh God (2010). Starring Glenn Beck

Posted September 5, 2010 | 10:26:45 (EST)

"You give these answers to Reverend Big Mouth and you tell him that God says he's a phony...Personally tell him to shut up." God (George Burns) telling Jerry (John Denver) what to say to a particular evangelical preacher (Oh, God, 1977)

"I have a big fat mouth sometimes...

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The Evidence Is in. Glenn Beck and Michael Scott...Same Person

Posted August 10, 2010 | 09:08:13 (EST)

Why Don't We Ever See Glenn Beck and Michael Scott in the Same Place?
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I was listening to Glenn Beck pontificate on his radio show...

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Steele Summoned to Limbaugh (Extremely) White House

Posted July 3, 2010 | 09:21:29 (EST)

Republican Party Chairman, Michael Steele was being "ordered to appear" at Rush Limbaugh's EIB (Excellence In Broadcasting) Florida compound to explain his comments made at a Connecticut fundraiser Thursday where he spoke at a Republican gathering who was expecting someone of consequence. "You don't engage in a land war in...

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Glenn Beck Takes Dim-witted Reasoning to Historic Level: Compares BP oil spill to a house fire.

Posted May 29, 2010 | 09:18:12 (EST)

Offering his audience unambiguous evidence that his logic disconnects from even the most convoluted reasoning, Friday morning on his radio show, Glenn Beck likened the BP oil spill to a house fire.

"If a house burnt down, would we stop building houses?"

Sure we would, Glenn...

If the blaze...

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Rand Paul Suggests Law of Gravity Be Left to States

Posted May 26, 2010 | 13:42:19 (EST)

In a recent interview with Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, Senatorial candidate Rand Paul (R, Ky) expressed controversial views concerning a number of issues thought to be a matter of settled law. While his statements concerning civil rights received the most attention, his position on a heretofore unchallenged law seems to...

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Restoring Honor, The Glenn Beck Way

Posted May 26, 2010 | 13:24:24 (EST)

"You have to be a dirt bag to be president." Glenn Beck on his radio show this week explaining why he would never tell children that they can grow up to be president.
If that doesn't warm the cockles of your patriotic hearts, I can just see the wide-eyed school...
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Republican Politicians Believe Democratic Voters Are StupId

Posted April 13, 2010 | 16:50:53 (EST)

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The Wizard of Id comic strip above, originally penned in 2004 had the last box containing the comment by Wizard as, "Then the best liar wins." It has since been altered, replacing the original comment by Wizard with "Then the Democrat wins."...

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Glenn Beck: Wrong Again

Posted March 23, 2010 | 09:33:07 (EST)

Could this be a trend?

Yesterday, while Glenn and his every-willing sidekick anguished over the Constitutional-ripping of the new healthcare bill vote, Beck assured his grieving, tea-party revolutionaries, not to worry. With the vote, President Obama would no longer be able to lead.

His proof - wish I had a...

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Philly To Host Terrorist Trial? Please, Please, Please (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Posted March 8, 2010 | 15:38:28 (EST)

(Excerpted form today's Philadelphia Inquirer)
Dear Mayor Nutter: Bring The Trial Here
by Steve Young

"We need to manage expectations about what we can do with the limited resources that we have..."Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaking about the city's fiscal crisis

Well, Mayor, the answer to...

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S'Long Air America, We Hardly Heard Ye

Posted February 11, 2010 | 15:35:39 (EST)

(Excerpted in this week's Philadelphia Inquirer

For those of you that hadn't known the liberal talk radio network, Air America, was actually broadcasting for the past six years, it won't do you any good to start looking. Recently, facing what seems to be its umpteenth bankruptcy filing, it...

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Palin Satire Rationalization F-Ing Laughable

Posted February 10, 2010 | 09:05:14 (EST)

(Reprinted from SteveYoungOnPolitics.com)

"F--ing retarded" Presidential Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel scolding a liberal group at a private meeting at the White House."

"Rahm's slur on all God's children with cognitive and developmental disabilities - and the people who love them - is unacceptable, and it's...

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Teddy Pendergrass: Much More Than A Voice

Posted January 19, 2010 | 08:45:15 (EST)

Philadelphia Inquirer (1/19/10)
That sound. Unmistakable. There are few singers that it didn't matter what they sang. It was the voice that sold the song. That was Teddy Pendergrass.

His animal magnetism. Irrepressible. There isn't an honest man alive who wouldn't want for one...

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Get Ready For The Shit To Fly January 4th

Posted December 31, 2009 | 07:24:55 (EST)

Radio and Fox News talk show hosts may be on vacation from their microphones, but have no doubt, they and their Republican managers are in full war room mode, preparing to go shock and awe all over Obama and the Democrats on what they'll say is the utter failure to...

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Al Qaeda Takes Responsibility For 2009

Posted December 29, 2009 | 09:23:53 (EST)

In a statement released Monday that spread quickly over jihadist Web forums, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the entire year of 2009, sending the Obama administration into a rush of closed, high level meetings to deal with the political fallout from the year-long attack.

Taking...

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