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Amy Davidson
Amy Davidson is a senior editor at The New Yorker. She has been at the magazine since 1995, writes the Close Read blog for its website, and has contributed to its pages. Davidson grew up in New York City and graduated from Harvard. Before joining The New Yorker she lived and worked in Germany.
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October 18, 2012
Blog: Close Read
Ann Romney’s View
“Explain that to me,” Barbara Walters said to Ann Romney, who had just said something that has needed a bit of explaining, about her husband’s changing position on abortion at the stage in his...
October 17, 2012
Blog: Close Read
Why Can’t Mitt Talk About His Money?
Mitt Romney is a rich man. Other candidates have made that work for them: Ross Perot and Michael Bloomberg practically throw their bankbooks on the table, as proof of their independence, and have been rewarded for it. But Romney has been both boastful about what he calls his business success and awkward when it comes to talking about its rewards--at times, almost resentfully so.
October 17, 2012
Blog: Comment
Mitt’s Binders and the Missing Women
For Mitt Romney, in the second Presidential debate, women always seemed to be elsewhere. This was not the only reason that he lost the debate--and a chance to put the election away--but it was one of them.
October 16, 2012
Blog: Close Read
Beyond Guantánamo’s Wardrobe Malfunction
What should have been the most solemn and momentous legal proceedings—a test for American justice—devolved, Tuesday, into bickering about clothes.
October 15, 2012
Blog: Close Read
Mitt Romney’s Charity and a Family’s Story
“Mitt Romney’s a good man,” Paul Ryan said in last Thursday’s Vice-Presidential debate, by way of addressing an issue that will surely come up again in the Presidential town-hall debate on Tuesday night: Romney’s...
October 12, 2012
Blog: Close Read
The Abortion Debate: Biden’s Faith, Ryan’s Extremism
This was a strong exchange for the Obama-Biden ticket, more perhaps than for Biden personally, who was slightly more disorganized here than in his other answers. But it also showed how extreme the Republican Party’s position on abortion rights now is.
October 11, 2012
Blog: Close Read
What Names Will Biden and Ryan Drop? Eight Guesses
Whose names will be dropped, called, or besmirched in the Vice-Presidential debate tonight? Here are some guesses—make your own in the comments below. And Ryan Lizza, Nicholas Thompson, and I will be live-chatting the...
October 10, 2012
Blog: Close Read
A Quantum Theory of Romney’s Abortion Position
How hopeful does a person have to be to get excited when Romney appears to have a new position on abortion, or on anything? The trick here is that he has been known to change his position, sometimes quite radically.
October 10, 2012
Blog: Comment
Debate Lessons for Biden and Ryan
Will the Vice-Presidential debate on Thursday night bring out the worst in Paul Ryan and Joe Biden? At this point in the election, it seems too much to hope that it would bring out the best.
October 9, 2012
Blog: Close Read
Sentencing Jerry Sandusky
“I’ve been looking over my shoulder for a long time,” an eighteen-year-old said in a statement that was read in a court in Pennsylvania today. “I wish I could relax like it was before...
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