Readings Archives

Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

The magician Baron Lavelle in his home theater (1962)

by Stern J. Bramson,

From “Peace Shield Meditation/Prayer Campaign: Spiritual Defense Initiative,” a brochure distributed by the Pentagon Meditation Club. About two hundred Defense Department employees have participated in Friday lunchtime meditation sessions at…

The geography of one-party rule

by Rodger Doyle,

Insider nukespeak

by Steven Kull,

Spotting spooks

by Harper’s Staff,

Labor pains

by Harper’s Staff,

An evening in jail

by Harper’s Staff,

Against health fascism

by Harper’s Staff,

Leave Your Fur at the Door

by Harper’s Staff,

The last Meese cartoon

Drawn by Tom Toles,

Are the Homeless Crazy?

by Jonathan Kozol,

Small-hands Chen

by Tseng-ch°I Wang,

Readings

Drawn by H.L. Schwadron,

Song and suffering

by Seamus Heaney,

Sherbet

by Cornelius Eady,

Readings

by Jock Sturges,

Elvis speaks!

by Raymond A. Moody,

The origins of anorexia nervosa

by Joan Jacobs Brumberg,

Readings

by Boris Michailov,

A new theology of sex

by Harper’s Staff,

Reflections of a gangbanger

Where were you August 8, 1985?

by Robert I. Reynolds, Harold T`akushyan,

And have a wonderful trip

by Harper’s Staff,

Meese: an Insider’s View

by Raymond E. James,

Hot spots

by Harper’s Staff,

Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

The magician Baron Lavelle in his home theater (1962)

Dialectical materialism

The ugly tourist

Punk Nicaragua

Readings

Seoul with Gas

Be All That You Can Be

The geography of one-party rule

Insider nukespeak

Spotting spooks

Labor pains

An evening in jail

Against health fascism

Leave Your Fur at the Door

The last Meese cartoon

Are the Homeless Crazy?

Small-hands Chen

Readings

Song and suffering

Sherbet

Readings

Elvis speaks!

The origins of anorexia nervosa

Readings

A new theology of sex

Reflections of a gangbanger

Where were you August 8, 1985?

And have a wonderful trip

Meese: an Insider’s View

Hot spots

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Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

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The magician Baron Lavelle in his home theater (1962)

Dialectical materialism

The ugly tourist

Punk Nicaragua

Readings

Seoul with Gas

Be All That You Can Be

The geography of one-party rule

Insider nukespeak

Spotting spooks

Labor pains

An evening in jail

Against health fascism

Leave Your Fur at the Door

The last Meese cartoon

Are the Homeless Crazy?

Small-hands Chen

Readings

Song and suffering

Sherbet

Readings

Elvis speaks!

The origins of anorexia nervosa

Readings

A new theology of sex

Reflections of a gangbanger

Where were you August 8, 1985?

And have a wonderful trip

Meese: an Insider’s View

Hot spots

September 1988

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