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Figures of Speech

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. —Gustave Flaubert Notebook departs this month from the table of contents, its purpose served and its license expired after…

Findings

by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Researchers found that suicide rates drop after U.S. presidential elections in states that support the winning candidate, and that suicides drop even further in states that support the loser. It…

Magic lantern

by Damion Searls,

The illuminations of Tove Jansson

Reappraisals

by Terry Eagleton,

What is the worth of social democracy?

What separates us from the animals

by T. C. Boyle,

Southern culture on the skids

by Ben Austen,

Racetracks, rebels, and the decline of NASCAR

Thirty Days as a Cuban

by Patrick Symmes,

Pinching pesos and dropping pounds in Havana

American Electra

by Susan Faludi,

Feminism's ritual matricide

Looks et veritas

by Shosuke Ishizu, Toshiyuki Kurosu, Hajime Hasegawa, Teruyoshi Hayashida,

Motorgate

by Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick) Moynihan, Ronald L. (Ronald Louis) Ziegler,

From hundreds of letters sent to Casey Anthony, a twenty-four-year-old Florida woman arrested in 2008 on charges of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. Florida’s state attorney’s office, which released the…

Squawkeye state

by Harper’s Staff,

Filly

Art by Karin Mamma Andersson,

Speak, Money

by Roger D. Hodge,

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…

Harper’s index

by Harper’s Staff,

The world, shanghaied

by Lauren Hilgers,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Art by Barbara Nessim,

Archive: 2010

Figures of Speech

Letters

Untitled

Findings

Good times

Magic lantern

Reappraisals

New books

What separates us from the animals

Southern culture on the skids

Thirty Days as a Cuban

American Electra

The human nature project #1

Jump

Grand theft astro

The burglary at Stormfield

Greed

Looks et veritas

Motorgate

Winter 3

Absent agenda

One hellish choice

Dear Casey

Squawkeye state

Filly

Speak, Money

Harper’s index

The world, shanghaied

Letters

Untitled

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Archive: 2010

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Figures of Speech

Letters

Untitled

Findings

Good times

Magic lantern

Reappraisals

New books

What separates us from the animals

Southern culture on the skids

Thirty Days as a Cuban

American Electra

The human nature project #1

Jump

Grand theft astro

The burglary at Stormfield

Greed

Looks et veritas

Motorgate

Winter 3

Absent agenda

One hellish choice

Dear Casey

Squawkeye state

Filly

Speak, Money

Harper’s index

The world, shanghaied

Letters

Untitled

November 2010

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