2009 | Page 4 of 14 | Harper's Magazine

The U.S. military reported progress in its cyborg-insect program and in building robots that can power themselves by eating the bodies of those they kill; the developers have promised that…

Greeting card

by Harper’s Staff,

Perpetual motion

by Randy Boyagoda,

The education of Aleksandar Hemon

Motherless children

by Jonathan Dee,

Lorrie Moore tries to keep it real

New books

by Benjamin Moser,

Adriana

by J. M. Coetzee,

Weeping in Tehran

by Harper’s Staff,

Scenes from the uprising

Developmentally disabled

by Ken Silverstein,

Why foreign aid to Afghanistan stays in America

Minority death match

by Naomi Klein,

Jews, blacks, and the "post-racial" presidency

The national parks

by Harper’s Staff,

America's best idea

Dehumanized

by Mark Slouka,

When math and science rule the school

Potato chips from miracle chips

Art by John Baldessari,

The People Who Kept Everything

by Sam Lipsyte,

Count to ten

Art by Elizabeth Neel,

Losing is for losers

by Michael Kinahan,

Just blew it

by Harper’s Staff,

Southern Belle Strategy

by Harper’s Staff,

Heckuva job, Dog Eater

by Rakhat Aliyev,Translated by James Addison White,

Dial M for mullah

Translated by Tamer Elzein,

Archive: 2009

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Closer

Let’s Get Physical

Autism for two

Sprinkler city

Any drama

To each according to his greed

Harper’s index

The Economics of Occupation

Letters

Untitled

Findings

Greeting card

Perpetual motion

Motherless children

New books

Adriana

Weeping in Tehran

Developmentally disabled

Minority death match

The national parks

Dehumanized

Potato chips from miracle chips

The People Who Kept Everything

Count to ten

Losing is for losers

Just blew it

Southern Belle Strategy

Heckuva job, Dog Eater

Dial M for mullah

October 2009

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