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October 10, 2009 - 4:46 am - by Roger Kimball
David Thomson
2009-10-11 17:02:54

David Kahane overlooked something very important: Barack Obama’s two allegedly self authored books that made him famous. There is zero evidence that he previously ever wrote anything substantial. And yet, one day Dreams From My Father appeared. It turned him into an overnight sensation. He was praised for his superb prose. What is the chance of this occurring in the real world? Is it even one percent? I doubt it very much. Obama is a guy who did not even author a single piece for a law journal under his editorship. There is still no article in any major publication with his name on it. Something seems very fishy.