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Gifts of the Magi

by Harper’s Staff,

Sophism, napalm and gold

Reagan’s Academy Award

by Harper’s Staff,

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Eskimo economics

by Harper’s Staff,

Variations on a conservative theme

The lost American empire

by Harper’s Staff,

Explaining it to Sally

Ordeal by fire

by Harper’s Staff,

Casting the candidates into bronze

The easy chair

by Harper’s Staff,

Political discourse

by Harper’s Staff,

On the despotisms of everyday life

The somnambulists

by Harper’s Staff,

The armies of the earth asleep

On risk, ignorance, and oil

by Harper’s Staff,

Notes from a journal

Moral disarmament

by Harper’s Staff,

Voices prophesying war

by Harper’s Staff,

The deadly game of nations

King Frederick’s mules

by Harper’s Staff,

In the weightless realm of images

The accounts of democracy

by Harper’s Staff,

Of bad tidings and glad

Divining rods

by Harper’s Staff,

Notes for a new decade

The rage against the future

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Further reflections on the national consensus of anger

The death of kings

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Prose translations from the poetry of despair

Blindman’s bluff

by Lewis H. Lapham,

The lost sight of the imagination

The shattered mirror

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Bits and pieces of experience

Guests of the management

by Lewis H. Lapham,

The literary imagination in exile

A juggernaut of words

by Lewis H. Lapham,

In the empty theater of ideas

Program notes

by Lewis H. Lapham,

The early afternoon of the gods

The mandate of heaven

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Further remarks on the heirs to the American fortune

Lost horizon

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Intimations of immortality in California

Annual report

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Letter to the readers

Mirror, mirror, on the wall

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Final reflections on the American courtier

From “Letter from Leete’s Island

by John Fischer,

Field notes on the manners, morals, and customs of the Connecticut Yankee," January 1969

From “Letter to a new leftist, from a tired liberal,” March 1966

by John Fischer,

From “Survival U

by John Fischer,

Prospectus for a really relevant university," September 1969

An editor’s estate

by Harper’s Staff,

In memory of John Fischer

by Lewis H. Lapham,

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Gifts of the Magi

Reagan’s Academy Award

Eskimo economics

The lost American empire

Ordeal by fire

The easy chair

Political discourse

The somnambulists

On risk, ignorance, and oil

Moral disarmament

Voices prophesying war

King Frederick’s mules

The accounts of democracy

Divining rods

The rage against the future

The death of kings

Blindman’s bluff

The shattered mirror

Guests of the management

A juggernaut of words

Program notes

The mandate of heaven

Lost horizon

Annual report

Mirror, mirror, on the wall

From “Letter from Leete’s Island

From “Letter to a new leftist, from a tired liberal,” March 1966

From “Survival U

An editor’s estate

In memory of John Fischer

February 1981

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