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Athenae
Chicago
Reporter & Writer
Interests: Allison Hantschel is a 10-year veteran of the newspaper business. She publishes First Draft, a writing and politics blog, with her partners Adrastos and Jude. She is the author of It Doesn’t End With Us: The Story of the Daily Cardinal (2008, Heritage Books) and the forthcoming Chicago’s Historic Irish Pubs (2011, Arcadia Books). She also edited the anthology Special Plans: The Blogs on Douglas Feith and the Faulty Intelligence That Led to War. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Daily Southtown, Sirens Magazine, and Alternet. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three pet ferrets, and approximately 60 tons of books.
Recent Activity
Weekend Question Thread
Can you keep secrets? Given that my entire job used to be telling everybody in the whole world stuff that somebody didn't want me to tell anyone, I really, really suck at it. I mean, I can keep a confidence... Continue reading
Posted 3 hours ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Friday Ferretblogging: Feeding Chicken to the Chicken
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A Coward as well as a Flaming Bag of Dogshit
Lucky Coburn: Coburn, speaking to CBS, insisted that he stands by the need to offset emergency aid. He won't have to test that position in this particular emergency because his colleagues in the Senate and House stuck to the previous... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Another Day, Another Online Beating for Sen. Flaming Bag of Dogshit
The commenters aren't getting any friendlier: What does God say about hoarding? Need a reminder? DON'T. What does God say about leaving the f'ing corners of your fields for the widows and poor????? Withholding aid to those in need is... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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God's Plans
"Even our savior on the cross believed that the Lord had forsaken Him." "You don't want to try that with me. It was all over for Jesus in three days." -- Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow I often wonder why... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Sen. Inhofe is Dumber Than a Flaming Bag of Dogshit
Apparently we de-annexed or excommunicated or whatever the Virgin Islands, because we don't have any responsibility to take care of them anymore: “[Sandy aid] was totally different,” Inhofe said on MSNBC Tuesday morning. “They were getting things, for instance, that... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Sen. Flaming Bag of Dogshit is All Butthurt Over People Asking Questions
How dare journalists question his stance on disaster relief after a disaster in his state: Funding questions show the crassness of Washington over the sensitivity we need for Oklahoma. Oklahoma does, indeed, need "sensitivity." They also need money. Lots of... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Sen. Flaming Bag of Dogshit's Facebook Page Getting Slammed
Surprisingly, people are not satisfied by his "thoughts and prayers:" Your thoughts and prayers are wonderful, Senator, but they're not going to house, feed, and clothe the families that lost their homes. It is not governmental overreach to help those... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Sen. Tom Coburn is a Flaming Bag of Dogshit
Or, at the very least, needs to fire his press secretary: Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn will seek to offset federal aid to victims of a massive tornado that blasted through Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday with cuts elsewhere in... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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A Poor Neighborhood is Not For You
Via Jeff on Facebook, sweet baby Jesus: Last week, on the first stop of the $45 tour, guide Lynn Battaglia, from Pittsburgh, pointed out a housing project. She then mocked the Grand Concourse, modeled after a Parisian boulevard. “Do you... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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A Different Kind of Prison: Game of Thrones Thread
These two. It's like somebody sat down and said let's invent something that will make your heart explode. If the actors sucked maybe my chest wouldn't ache. Here's what Davos was getting at, from the books: “‘There’s much I don’t... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Weekend Question Thread
We're having a few friends over at Casa Athenae today, and I'm making spinach-sweet-potato pizza, loosely based on this recipe. What's your favorite party food? A. Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at FIRST DRAFT
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Shorter Press: We Have Nothing to Do With this Story Everyone is Talking About
Pick which of these statements "rings truer," because that is the standard by which we measure truth: Hard as it may be, then, set aside your own politics and ask yourself which of these Monday statements rings truer: "The whole... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Friday Ferretblogging: Morning Treat Edition
How do we get a Bucky, a chicken-Riot, and an itty-bitty Claire up and about? Tell them there's a treat in the other room: A. Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Love Wins
Posted May 15, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Your Wednesday SHARK
Posted May 15, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Fuck Yeah, Minnesota!
If you know me, you know what it cost me to say that just now: While legislation legalizing same-sex marriage remains stalled in the Illinois House and Gov. Pat Quinn calls for the House to vote on the bill before... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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People Want News
David Carr, in a masterpiece of scorn and fury: The industry tried chasing clicks for a while to win back fleeing advertisers, decided it was a fool’s errand and is now turning to customers for revenue. But in order to... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Never Quite Awake: Game of Thrones Thread
So you're Sansa Stark, and you've just been promised to marry a lion. Sansa's about to get a whole load of shit from the Tyrion fanboys, for not wanting to marry him when he's clearly Teh Awesomest, and here's the... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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A Masterpiece of the False Equivalence Genre
Take it away, NYT: Nominees at all levels of Washington’s bureaucracy — 117 of them in all, including cabinet secretaries, judges and members of obscure oversight boards — are facing delays. Just last week, the Senate confirmed David Medine, the... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Weekend Question Threa
What is your favorite short story? A. Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Ferrets Do Not Enjoy a 5K
Thank you to the 2,000 people who emailed this to me last week: Dogs and humans receive a pleasurable chemical reward for running, but this quirk of brain chemistry that makes both dogs and humans love running is not universal... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Elspeth Reeve Wins the Internet
For writing this, about the horrible link-bait PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ US story in Time magazine about how All Kids Today are horrible: Millennials are the "ME ME ME GENERATION," writes Joel Stein for the cover of Time magazine, which... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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*Sean Bean Voice* STUPID IS COMING
Oh NOES, something we've never seen before, Republicans being bags of dogshit: WASHINGTON — As the administration struggles to put in place the final, complex piece of President Obama’s signature health care law, an endeavor on a scale not seen... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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Fuck Yeah Delaware!
*parties* There are at least 11 states now contending for my coveted tourism dollars this year. I mean dollar. Coveted tourism dollar. A. Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at FIRST DRAFT
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