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Liberian civilians were starving in their homes as rebels and government fighters, some wearing women’s wigs and blue painted toenails, continued to fight for control of Monrovia; a small number…

Behold the man

by Duncan Elliot Littlefair,

Brick wall

by Charles D’Ambrosio,

Down and out at Wrigley Field

by Rich Cohen,

A prayer for the Chicago Cubs

Field trips

by Stuart Dybek,

Bad boy

by Lee Martin,

The Customer Is Always Right

by Harper’s Staff,

From a complaint filed by the Chicago Police Department last year in a $433 million lawsuit brought by the city against twelve suburban gun dealers alleging that they are subverting…

Infinite jest

by Del Close,

Campaign promises, 1998

by Gary Mueller,