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Failure to Launch

From discontinued products included in the Museum of Failure’s collection, which was on display last month in New York City. A television remote with eighty-eight buttons A flip phone that…

Under Western Eyes

by John Gray,

By John Gray, adapted from an article in the October 2014 issue of Prospect. Gray is the author of many books, including False Dawn, Straw Dogs, and The Silence of…

Last month, Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, the documentary series the director made with historian Peter Kuznick, completed its ten-episode run on Showtime. Those who unthinkingly dismiss…

Ignorance of Things Past

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Who wins and who loses when we forget American history

The Long Draw

by Jeremy Miller,

On the trail of an artistic mystery in the American West

Check It Yourself

by Thomas Frank,

The Family Line

by Harper’s Staff,

Whitewash as Public Service

by Benjamin DeMott,

How The 9/11 Commission Report defrauds the nation

Bighousekeeping

by Harper’s Staff,

The last Americans

by Jared M. Diamond,

Environmental collapse and the end of civilization

Building a better sandwich

by Harper’s Staff,

Inventions

Failure to Launch

Under Western Eyes

Revised History

Ignorance of Things Past

The Long Draw

Check It Yourself

The Family Line

Whitewash as Public Service

Bighousekeeping

The last Americans

Building a better sandwich

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Failure to Launch

Under Western Eyes

Revised History

Ignorance of Things Past

The Long Draw

Check It Yourself

The Family Line

Whitewash as Public Service

Bighousekeeping

The last Americans

Building a better sandwich

April 2001

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