Readings Archives

Readings

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

The writer and unfreedom

by Ivan Klima,Translated by George Theiner,

The vanishing nuclear firebreak

by Michael T. Klare,

Ethics on the nuclear battlefield

by Jeffrey L. House,

Excerpted from “How to Start and Operate a Pro-Life Out-Reach Pregnancy Service Center,” a manual prepared and distributed by the Pearson Foundation, an anti-abortion group. Many anti-abortion activists have set…

How to talk small

by Letitia Baldrige,

Reflections of a rivethead

by Ben Hamper,

Detroit

by Maryann Keller, Kathryn M. Welling,

Heavy traffic ahead

Readings

Drawn by Bill Plympton,

Twisted Sister and the senators

by Dee Snider, John C. Danforth, John D. (John Davison) Rockefeller,

Readings

Art by Akira Kurosawa,

Body politic

by Peter Marin,

It soon became apparent that this was young Lambton’s first tournament

Drawn by Glen Baxter,

Two actors

by Anthony Haden-Guest,

In praise of tuxedos

by Stanley Elkin,

A professional exercise

by Howard Brenton, David Hare,

Men at sea

by Margaret Eleanor Atwood,

Readings

by Richard Avedon,

Revisionist cowboy

by Gretel Ehrlich,

To Marie Osmond

by Jack Skelley,

Readings

Drawn by Gary Larson,

Grant swinging

by Harper’s Staff,

Smile–or else

by David O., Jr. Belew,

Paris, three moments

Art by Gary Wright,

Abusing human rights abuse

by Harper’s Staff,

Bulletin

by Ed Diener, Jeff Horwitz, Robert A. Emmons,

The rich are happier

Secular-Humanist Busters

by Gerald B. Leib, Christopher C. Sundseth,

Armageddon by the numbers

by Bruce G. Blair,

Readings

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

Mobil’s amusement and concern

Readings

The writer and unfreedom

The vanishing nuclear firebreak

Ethics on the nuclear battlefield

Deer in a Black Car

Pro-Life ‘Abortion Clinics’

How to talk small

Reflections of a rivethead

Detroit

Readings

Twisted Sister and the senators

Readings

Body politic

It soon became apparent that this was young Lambton’s first tournament

Two actors

In praise of tuxedos

A professional exercise

Men at sea

Readings

Revisionist cowboy

To Marie Osmond

Readings

Grant swinging

Smile–or else

Paris, three moments

Abusing human rights abuse

Bulletin

Secular-Humanist Busters

Armageddon by the numbers

Debug

Readings

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

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Mobil’s amusement and concern

Readings

The writer and unfreedom

The vanishing nuclear firebreak

Ethics on the nuclear battlefield

Deer in a Black Car

Pro-Life ‘Abortion Clinics’

How to talk small

Reflections of a rivethead

Detroit

Readings

Twisted Sister and the senators

Readings

Body politic

It soon became apparent that this was young Lambton’s first tournament

Two actors

In praise of tuxedos

A professional exercise

Men at sea

Readings

Revisionist cowboy

To Marie Osmond

Readings

Grant swinging

Smile–or else

Paris, three moments

Abusing human rights abuse

Bulletin

Secular-Humanist Busters

Armageddon by the numbers

December 1985

Debug