Rules and practice

Questionable Ball

From an investigative report commissioned by the National Football League and released in May. The league hired Exponent, an engineering-consulting company, to determine whether footballs used by the New England…

Search and Destroy

by Andrew Cockburn,

The Pentagon’s losing battle against IEDs

Straight Outta Berkeley

by Tyrone Hayes,

Four Out of Five Peers Agree

by Harper’s Staff,

From the October 31 debate in Britain’s House of Lords. In preparation far the session, Lord Selsdon prepared a one-page fact sheet on chewing gum pollution. Lord Rooker is a…

It’s Not Easy Being Green

by William Souder,

Are weed-killers turning frogs into hermaphrodites?

One-act farce

by Bryant Urstadt,

Deregulation by disputation

Point of order, Mr. Swamp Fly

by Colette Avital,

Making the Big House a Home

by Harper’s Staff,

From a list of regulations distributed, in English, to foreign prisoners confined in Tokyo’s Fuchu Prison. While walking, avoid folding your arms or hands or putting your hands in your…

Office-plant politics

by Bonnie Lutz,

Family values

by Harper’s Staff,

The gangster version

Prison rules, in black and white

by Harper’s Staff,

Rules and practice

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Questionable Ball

Search and Destroy

Straight Outta Berkeley

Four Out of Five Peers Agree

It’s Not Easy Being Green

One-act farce

Point of order, Mr. Swamp Fly

Making the Big House a Home

Office-plant politics

Family values

Prison rules, in black and white