February 2010 Issue [Notebook] The mendacity of hope Download PDF Adjust Share by Roger D. Hodge, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 2009- 21st century Barack Obama Executive power Garry Wills Military policy National security Politics and government Politics and war United States More from Roger D. Hodge Remembering Lewis H. Lapham This month’s Letters section is devoted to remembrances of Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024), the editor of Harper’s Magazine from 1976 to 1981 and from 1983 to 2006. I first… Speak, Money From The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism (HarperCollins). Hodge is the former editor of Harper’s Magazine. As we prepare yet another round of offerings… Creative destruction Adjust Share