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Amazon.com Review
William Ayers brings a reporter's eye and an activist's heart to this well-written and profoundly disturbing book, A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court. Ayers, who teaches offenders in Chicago's juvenile court system, is a brilliant storyteller, the damning fly on the wall. His book portrays the lives of his students--both within the juvenile temporary detention center and on the "outside." Ayers puts their stories into historical context; argues passionately about the roles of media, poverty, and neglect; refutes the idea of teenager as "superpredator"; and challenges parents--all of us--to ask the question, "Is this good enough for my child?" when determining the standard to use when we think of justice for kids.
—Leslie Baldacci, Chicago Sun-Times
"Bill Ayers is a gifted writer and an acute observer of the inferno which we call the Juvenile Court. . . . A moving and intensely sympathetic account of the lives of both the adults and children caught in the sometimes hopeless maelstrom of our juvenile justice system. At every level, it is a book full of grace."
—Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent
"William Ayers is as sensitive and gifted a chronicler as he is a teacher."
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
"Performs an extraordinary service . . . Ayers's unique contribution to the debate comes through the intimate dialogue of classroom encounters."
Doesn't the first paragraph (listed below) of the article mean anything? I thought he had nothing to do with him except when he was 8 years old. If he has nothing to hide, why didn't he mention this book in the debate? If the book is so great, he should have exhibited some admiration toward Ayers and let the whole country know what a gifted writer he is.
Barack Obama, who has consistently downplayed his relationship with William Ayers during his presidential campaign, once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by the former domestic terrorist and was mentioned by name in the book itself.
You are missing the point. Obama LIED time and time again about his real relationship with Ayers, which was to radicalize kids in the IL school system using "education grants".
If Obama endorsed Ayers' book in 1997, why is Obama still lying about his dealings with Ayers???
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Originally Posted by Canine*Castle
Doesn't the first paragraph (listed below) of the article mean anything? I thought he had nothing to do with him except when he was 8 years old. If he has nothing to hide, why didn't he mention this book in the debate? If the book is so great, he should have exhibited some admiration toward Ayers and let the whole country know what a gifted writer he is.
Barack Obama, who has consistently downplayed his relationship with William Ayers during his presidential campaign, once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by the former domestic terrorist and was mentioned by name in the book itself.
Thanks for getting the point. Regardless of the stupid book's content, this is about Obama being involved with this guy knee deep, from getting grants to radicalize schoolkids to being on boards together, to having Obama's first fundraiser at Ayer's house to this book.
Obama needs to come clean. He has lied, time to man-up and admit he made a "mistake" by lying repeatedly on the Ayers issue.
Geez how does reading a book and writing a review put Obama in Ayers' bedroom? You McNuts are grasping at straws.
You honestly do not get the OP's point. Read, read, and read again.
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