Mary Katharine Ham
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Mary Katharine Ham is a commentator and writer who reflects on her experiences with loss and community support, showcasing her resilience and commitment to family. This interview reveals her ability to provide a stabilizing presence while addressing complex societal issues, highlighting her role as a trusted voice in difficult circumstances.
“And he did do a cleansing round, I believe, of sort of grad school at Duke and then re entered, right? But it was a campaign that my parents still speak so fondly of. And it was 1979, 1980 in Alabama. So the Democratic primary was basically all that existed.”
“Luckily, I did not have to. She was young enough that. She couldn't really grasp it. She was, she had just turned two, and she was preverbal mostly. She just had a couple of words really. So it was a while of, you know, she attended the funeral, but kind of played outside on the lawn. It was, you know, it was a.”
“So he's now a retired newspaper man, and my parents. Cagey about Trump in the primaries, but voted for him in the general election, if I think I'm correct about that. And I don't know. My dad does, and I have taken in plenty of this. He spent a lot of years in media. He knows that the media leans very far left.”
“Yeah, specifically the Senate map is very friendly. So you could look at it as a blown opportunity to pick up a bunch of seats, which is it is, although midterms are tough.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 278 — Mary Katharine Ham
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