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Thomas the Tank Engine

by John R. MacArthur,

The foolish free-trade sophistry of Thomas Friedman

The Party of Wilson, Wiretaps, and War

by John R. MacArthur,

On the problems with Democratic interventions

In Boston, An Exercise in Intimidation

by John R. MacArthur,

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, why did so few people protest the decision to lock down parts of the city?

No Reward for Being Right on Iraq

by John R. MacArthur,

Where were the voices of conscience on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War?

Obama’s Real Political Program

by John R. MacArthur,

Vague talk about the middle class, and plenty for big business

Introducing the April issue of Harper’s Magazine

by John R. MacArthur,

On John le Carré and the relaunch of the Folio section

The State of Fostoria, Ohio

by John R. MacArthur,

A short documentary about a town whose Autolite spark-plug plant moved most of its jobs to Mexico in the wake of NAFTA.

Working on the Railroad

by John R. MacArthur,

Uncle Sam? Not much

Google’s Media Barons

by John R. MacArthur,

“Where will it end, as Google becomes ever more dominant?”

Liberals Back to Giving Obama a Pass

by John R. MacArthur,

What are liberals for?

Book Tour Continental

by John R. MacArthur,

Talking Obama in Paris

Is Obama Merely Warming the Seat for Chicago Politics?

by John R. MacArthur,

Talking with longtime city alderman Edward Burke about how the Chicago political machine launched Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel to national prominence.

The Friends Rushdie Forgot

by John R. MacArthur,

Revising Salman Rushdie's self-history—from "The Friends Rushdie Forgot,” in the September 2012 issue of The Spectator.

Obama’s Campaign Duplicities Rival Romney’s and Ryan’s

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the Providence…

Turning My Sincere Eulogy for Earl Shorris Into an Authentic One

by John R. MacArthur,

Earl Shorris passed away on May 27, 2012. He was a long-time contributor to Harper’s Magazine, authoring more than two dozen reports and essays, including one on the development of…

Obama Does Populist Pantomime, Empowers G.O.P.

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

The Decline and Fall (in the U.S.) of the Public Intellectual

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

Columbia College Class Day Keynote Speech

by John R. MacArthur,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r17RJtHOf8 John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This is the text…

Tactics and Principle as French Near Vote

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

Shredding the U.S. Labor Force Is a Bipartisan Project

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

The Uses of a Long G.O.P. Contest (for the Democrats)

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

How Christopher Hitchens Flip-flopped and Fell From Grace

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

R.I.P. Christopher Hitchens

by John R. MacArthur,

We at Harper’s Magazine deeply regret, on a personal and professional level, the death of Christopher Hitchens. Christopher was a friend to me and to the magazine for many years,…

President Obama Richly Deserves To Be Dumped

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

The Progressive, Sensitive, Rational Governor Romney

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

An Architect’s Optimism; The U.N.’s Pessimism

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author of the book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in the…

Some Liberals Finally On To Obama’s Betrayal of Liberalism

by John R. MacArthur,

As a self-proclaimed independent journalist normally content to attack politicians from outside the establishment, I’ve found it very lonely criticizing Barack Obama these past three years. Before then it was…

The Hangover

by John R. MacArthur,

A video interview with Viceland about where we’re heading now that the 9/11 memorials are over:…

The Sad Legacy of Sept. 11

by John R. MacArthur,

John R. MacArthur is the publisher of Harper’s Magazine and author, most recently, of You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. This column originally appeared in…

Goodbye to Fostoria, Ohio: A Small Town in the Middle of Everywhere

by John R. MacArthur,

The jobs went south — to Mexicali, Mexico — after the NAFTA liberalizations of the 1990s. New owners have come and gone, the last U.S. employees are awaiting redundancy, and…

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