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From a list of prank phone calls compiled on April Fools’ Day by the receptionist at the Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield, Illinois. The zoo estimates that it receives 2,000 prank…

L’amour du fromage

by Bruno Gheerbrant,

Teaching little ones about a death in the family

Drawn by P.S. Mueller,

Quitting

by Shelley Ross, Evan Harris,

Harder than it looks

In confidence

Art by Emily Eveleth,

All you need is marketing

by Primo Angeli,

A June of one’s own

by Harper’s Staff,

The myth of competitiveness

The final triumph of the West

by Harper’s Staff,

[untitled]

Art by Yu Youhan,

Red image of Mao waving

Art by Yu Youhan,

Mao in a colorful lounge chair

Art by Yu Youhan,

Prague’s rock ‘n’ roll high school

by Harper’s Staff,

Really defensive driving

by Massad F. Ayoob,

Masons try a hard sell

by Harper’s Staff,

Smog reduction

by A.S. Wagg, S.J.B Aylwin,

A side effect

The gun lobby moves in for the kill

by Richard L. Carone,

Plutonium’s happy face

Translated by Aileen Mioko Smith,

My stalker, the car

by Harper’s Staff,

Beat the press

by James Carville,

The scandal of American scandals

by Garrison Keillor,

The last outlaw

by Eric Bogosian,

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Another fond Nixon memory

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The conservative cave-in

Conspicuous consumption

The hanging

Sunday, Tarzan in his hammock

Mono Lake, CA–after snowstorm

A bull market in weirdness

Brookfield’s Merry Pranksters

L’amour du fromage

Teaching little ones about a death in the family

Quitting

In confidence

All you need is marketing

A June of one’s own

The myth of competitiveness

The final triumph of the West

[untitled]

Red image of Mao waving

Mao in a colorful lounge chair

Prague’s rock ‘n’ roll high school

Really defensive driving

Masons try a hard sell

Smog reduction

The gun lobby moves in for the kill

Plutonium’s happy face

My stalker, the car

Beat the press

The scandal of American scandals

The last outlaw

July 1994

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