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Ann Banks: John McCain's Imaginary Friend
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Thursday, October 23, 2008. John McCain's Imaginary Friend. You’d think that these revelations would enough to make the Republican to tiptoe quietly away from their new Everyman. But wait, there’s more! As one blogger put it in a headline, “Joe ‘the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher related to Charles ‘the Crook’ Keating.” Oops. For an imaginary friend, Joe seems to be working out pretty well for John McCain. Better than his imaginary enemies anyway. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Ann Banks: October 2008
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Saturday, October 25, 2008. Remember Susan Smith, the young South Carolina mother carjacked by a black man who drove off with her two sons still in the car? Remember Charles Stuart, the Boston man robbed by a black man with a “raspy voice,” who also killed his pregnant wife? Now Ashley Todd has joined their ranks as creator of yet another lurid tale involving a fictitious black male criminal. Todd doesn’t need remembering, since she has starred in several recent news cycles. Links to this post. You’...
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Ann Banks: July 2008
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Monday, July 7, 2008. The Vacation of Lost Things. Where did all of this stuff go? Among the actually lost items were my notebook, hunted for but never found. (Fortunately I had written most of my notes on odd scraps of paper, and I still had those.) My husband’s watch, probably left on a beach, with no hope of retrieval. And, most seriously, his prescription glasses with their clip-on sunglasses. The art of losing isn't hard to master;. So many things seem filled with the intent. My last, or. The art of...
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Ann Banks: Talking to Studs
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Monday, November 3, 2008. Studs liked to call himself a guerrilla journalist, but I think that is exactly wrong. Journalism demands a consecutive habit of mind; Studs was much too non-linear for that. He always took the scenic route. And guerrilla implies stealthy tactics, which was never Studs’ way. Was this my truth, highlighted, as Studs once called the edited oral histories? Later, Studs switched to a smaller, but still dictionary-sized Sony. February 9, 2009 at 9:22 AM. View my complete profile.
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Ann Banks: April 2008
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Saturday, April 26, 2008. Links to this post. Raising the Kids: Whose Job? In the course of her work, my daughter recently has had occasion to read various “mommy blogs,” an outlet for maternal obsessing that wasn't available when I was a new mother. (Instead I got to bore people in person.) My daughter was horrified by the compulsive preoccupation with every trivial detail of baby care, and it has put her off the whole of idea of motherhood. Links to this post. Garry Trudeau and John McCain. He was part...
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Ann Banks: January 2008
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008. If you were a member of a conservative household in Florida last week, you might have picked up the phone and heard a recording that accused Mitt Romney of being soft on gay rights. The "robocall," as these canned communications are known, featured a woman's voice reminding voters that Romney once "told gay organizers in Massachusetts that he would be a stronger advocate for [their] special rights than even Ted Kennedy.". It remains to be seen whether McCain's courting of the...
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Ann Banks: November 2007
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Friday, November 30, 2007. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. Where Have all the Flowers Gone? It's hard to sing when you've given yourself over to weeping, but I tried. Partly because of Pete Seeger's stubborn belief that all is not already lost. Links to this post. Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Mistakes Were Made. Again. Who made these mistakes? What spectral being or elusive force could have been responsible? And if there are lies, there must also be liars, right? So who will police the policers? Journalis...
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Ann Banks: March 2008
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Monday, March 17, 2008. Here's a civics question: What successful candidate for President of the United States, when news leaked that he had never been baptized, announced that he'd get to it when he could - probably after the election? Hint: This didn't happen yesterday. How did it happen that such public religiosity became a prerequisite for high office? I am very uncomfortable when candidates push the God button. Presidential contenders do this while at the same time. Links to this post. There was not...
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Ann Banks: November 2008
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Monday, November 3, 2008. Studs liked to call himself a guerrilla journalist, but I think that is exactly wrong. Journalism demands a consecutive habit of mind; Studs was much too non-linear for that. He always took the scenic route. And guerrilla implies stealthy tactics, which was never Studs’ way. Was this my truth, highlighted, as Studs once called the edited oral histories? Later, Studs switched to a smaller, but still dictionary-sized Sony. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
