Publisher’s Note Archives

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…

A Pinch of Sympathy with My Disgust

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…

DSK and the Typical American Ignorance About France

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…

Head-examining After the Osama bin Laden Killing

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…

Blindness Toward War Easy for Americans

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…

Revisiting a Hallowed Gymnasium with its Star Novelist

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…

A Country with Chicago in Charge

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…

I Won’t Hug This File — I Won’t Even Call It My Friend

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…

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Working on the Railroad

Google’s Media Barons

Liberals Back to Giving Obama a Pass

Book Tour Continental

Is Obama Merely Warming the Seat for Chicago Politics?

The Friends Rushdie Forgot

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

Turning My Sincere Eulogy for Earl Shorris Into an Authentic One

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

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

Columbia College Class Day Keynote Speech

Tactics and Principle as French Near Vote

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

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

How Christopher Hitchens Flip-flopped and Fell From Grace

R.I.P. Christopher Hitchens

President Obama Richly Deserves To Be Dumped

The Progressive, Sensitive, Rational Governor Romney

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

Some Liberals Finally On To Obama’s Betrayal of Liberalism

The Hangover

The Sad Legacy of Sept. 11

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

A Pinch of Sympathy with My Disgust

DSK and the Typical American Ignorance About France

Head-examining After the Osama bin Laden Killing

Blindness Toward War Easy for Americans

Revisiting a Hallowed Gymnasium with its Star Novelist

A Country with Chicago in Charge

I Won’t Hug This File — I Won’t Even Call It My Friend

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