Obama announces surveillance reforms, the Taliban bombs a Kabul restaurant, and Smartie snorting prompts nose-maggot panic
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“American politics has often been an arena for angry minds.”
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“Smokescreen (Entertainment Study 4),” a photograph by Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson, whose work is on view in January at 601Artspace, in New York City. Courtesy the artists and Audio Visual Arts, New York City. This image appears in the Readings section of the February 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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How Germany reconquered Europe, the impending demise of the A-10 Warthog, and two tales of bad romance
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Rethinking the best way to introduce Shakespeare to the young
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A Pakistani ninth-grader sacrifices himself to save his classmates, Chris Christie saves himself, and Cormac McCarthy’s ex-wife chooses an unconventional holster
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Factional warfare in the Middle East, a politician under indictment for genocide seeks peace in South Sudan, and an embarrassment of coldness in Minnesota
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The Appearance of Collage #12, a painting by Ilya Kabakov, whose work was on view in December at Pace Gallery, in New York City. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery, New York City
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War and peacekeeping in South Sudan and the Central African Republic, a brief truce in the Syrian civil war, and bells hell in Manhattan
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“Landscape with Mountain,” a hand-embroidered photograph by Julie Cockburn, whose work is on view this month at Yossi Milo Gallery, in New York City. © The artist. Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City
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More NSA surveillance targets are revealed, violence in South Sudan, and claims of U.S. virgin births
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“One thing is for certain — I wouldn’t want to be a Christmas tree”
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The Ukrainian protests rage on, Nelson Mandela is buried, and China sends a Jade Rabbit into the Bay of Rainbows
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Harper’s Magazine Reporter Concludes that Taliban Intelligence Chief Qari Ahmadullah Is Still Alive
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“The Pyramids of Gizeh near Cairo from an altitude of approx. 600 m, 21 February 1904,” courtesy Swiss Federal Archives for Historic Monuments, Eduard Spelterini Collection. This photograph accompanies “Flights of Fancy: A history of ballooning,” by Steven Shapin, in the January 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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Mastering the art of serving the rich, a Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection, and fighting for the right to insult the French president
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A Times obituary misrepresents the career of a distinguished publisher
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Saying goodbye to Nelson Mandela, beloved fighter, visionary, and king
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Daniel Alarcón on the actor as character, foreshadowing as bravado, and the visceral nature of curiosity
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Walmart celebrates Black Friday with protests and police reports, Amazon experiments with drone delivery, and Republicans salute the end of racism
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Smoke Painting #36, colored smoke and firework residue on paper, by Rosemarie Fiore, whose work was on view in October at Von Lintel Gallery, in New York City. Courtesy the artist and Von Lintel Gallery, New York City Smoke Painting #36, colored smoke and firework residue on paper, by Rosemarie Fiore, whose work was on view in October at Von Lintel Gallery, in New York City. Courtesy the artist and Von Lintel Gallery, New York City
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