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2009-

Compromising Positions

by Thomas Frank,

Let us review. Barack Obama, who was lifted to the presidency four years ago on a great wave of progressive fantasy, likes to say that the national budget is like…

Anon, anon

by Harper’s Staff,

Abraham’s Children

by Bernard Avishai,

Toward a right of return for Palestinians

More Government, Please!

by Thomas Frank,

The Bleakness Stakes

by Thomas Frank,

A Letter to Barack Obama

by George McGovern,

George McGovern in New Hampshire, 1972. © Constantine Manos/Magnum Photos When President Franklin Roosevelt came into office in the depth of the Great Depression, he sought to stabilize and…

Youth and reconciliation

by Harper’s Staff,

The fatal center

by Thomas Frank,

Speak, Money

by Roger D. Hodge,

From The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism (HarperCollins). Hodge is the former editor of Harper’s Magazine. As we prepare yet another round of offerings…

Weapons of mass distraction

by Daniel Fromson,

Object lessons from the cyber-mythology

Barack and Hamid’s excellent adventure

by David Samuels,

Afghanistan's president visits the White House

2009-

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Compromising Positions

Anon, anon

Abraham’s Children

More Government, Please!

The Bleakness Stakes

A Letter to Barack Obama

Youth and reconciliation

The fatal center

Speak, Money

Weapons of mass distraction

Barack and Hamid’s excellent adventure

August 2010

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