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Selective Service

by John Crowley,

It may have been that I neglected to register with the Selective Service System when I turned eighteen, in 1960, as the law required. Or maybe my student deferment, available…

Dodge the Draft!

by James Marcus,

Ever since the last draft was ended, in 1973, a small but devoted chorus of pundits, legislators, and retired military men have been stumping for its return. These are not…

Kvetch-22

Translated by Ariel Babinsky,

Shoot everyone you see

by Harper’s Staff,

Condottieri

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Weekly Review

by Roger D. Hodge,

Lost Souls in Hell, 1875. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld apologized for the torture of Iraqi prisoners and said that there are “many more photographs and indeed some videos” of…