I was on the fast track toward my father's dream for me of becoming a certified public accountant, but I wanted something more exciting, something that was taboo to mention in my conservative Catholic family. Ironically, as a Colombian-American...Show More Summary
Congratulations to Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama. I recommend his books, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father. Tom Waits talks to the Guardian about playing the devil in Terry Gilliam's film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus....
According to Rusty Humphries writing at Big Government, Bill Ayers's claim that he wrote Dreams From My Father is a "blockbuster story." I say it's an interesting story, but a mistake to take Ayers's claim at face value, as Humphries...Show More Summary
The news that Bill Ayers admitted authorship of Obama's 'Dreams From My Father' posted on these pages generated a lot of interest and comment. While most commenters believe Ayers to be the author, some doubted the veracity of the story...
SOME FOLKS CAN'T TAKE A JOKE.... In some right-wing circles, there's a belief that Barack Obama's first book, "Dreams From My Father," was actually ghost-written by Bill Ayers. It wasn't, of course, but like the rest of the bizarre conservative...
I'm putting "admits" in quotes, because I think he's toying with the conservative blogger who accosted him in a Washington airport. And yet, even though I think he's joking, I also think he's playing with the whole idea of lying.This, you realize, is especially clever and post-modern.Get it? Let's say he did write it. Show More Summary
It sounds like Ayers is jerking some chains. From National Journal (no link): Inside WashingtonSaturday, Oct. 3, 2009Payment Due Who actually wrote Dreams From My Father? The book cover says Barack Obama, but one corner of the right-wing...Show More Summary
Who anonymously told Christopher Andersen that Bill Ayers wrote Dreams From My Father? Bill Ayers. Probably confessed it in the same sneering manner, too... which tells us more about Andersen's credibility than anything else....
Scott Johnson writes: Now comes Chicago blogger Anne Leary to report on her airport encounter with Ayers this past Monday. In her conversation with Ayers, Leary reports, Ayers stated: "I wrote Dreams From My Father." Allahpundit considers the possibilities with appropriate skepticism here. Show More Summary
In the run-up to the election, Jack Cashill framed a speculative argument that Bill Ayers wrote Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father. Cashill first ventured his thesis in "Who wrote Dreams From My Father?" Cashill cited Obama's sophomoric stabs at poetry from his days at Occidental. Show More Summary
From comments, it seems Ayers admitted to writing Dreams to some random blogger at an airport. I remain suspicious, but I’ll keep everyone updated as this story develops. Here’s the original blog post.
In a chance meeting. There's a picture that seems to establish the meeting occurred. As for the rest -- not sure. Hard to claim it's the smoking gun when only one person heard the remark and there is no recording....
One odd off-shoot of the Obama conspiracy theory genre is the idea that former terrorist and academic celebrity William Ayers secretly wrote Dreams From My Father. I won’t blame you if you have no interest in pursuing this particular theory down the rabbit hole, but if you’re looking for a thorough debunking, Lawyers, Guns and [...]
Thomas Lifson, among others, has been slowly peeling the onion about who actually wrote Dreams From My Father, the magnum opus attributed to President Barack Obama. It was this literary work that established the intellectual and literary...Show More Summary
The federal Bureau of Prisons twice rejected inmate Ali Omar Abu Ali's request to read Barack Obama's books Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. Officials said the books contain material "potentially detrimental to national security." But after media reported the agency's stand, officials changed their minds and said they will allow Abu Ali to have the books.
Ronald Radosh claims there is new evidence that former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers ghostwrote President Obama's early memoir Dreams From My Father. Ghostwriting as I understand it can take many forms. The literary issue isShow More Summary
A stunning new revelation about the writing of the president's memoir points to... Bill Ayers. ...
Proof? We'll see. Relying on inside sources, quite possibly Michelle Obama herself, Andersen describes how Dreams came to be published -- just as I had envisioned it in my articles on the authorship of Dreams. With the deadline pressing, Michelle...
During an interview on Fox News, Sean Hannity and author Christopher Andersen agreed that "Bill Ayers helped [President Obama] with his book" Dreams From My Father and that "literary devices and themes [in the book] bear a jarring similarity...Show More Summary