Harper's Finest — June 14, 2013, 12:25 pm
Robert Littell’s “What the Young Man Should Know” (1933)
Advice for parents about raising their sons
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Harper's Finest — June 14, 2013, 12:25 pm
Advice for parents about raising their sons
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The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains
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Tracing our coverage of the war, from Lewis H. Lapham to Andrew J. Bacevich
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A classic short story about the desperate acts and philosophical consolations of a middle-aged man who has become romantically obsessed with one of his neighbors.
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Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.