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Social aspects

Lecture on prolonging the interim

The serfdom of crowds

by Jaron Lanier,

The Necessity of Agriculture

From a May 16 speech given in acceptance of the annual Louis Bromfield Society Award. Novelist and conservationist Louis Bromfield (1896–1956) was the author of over thirty works of fiction…

Final Edition

by Richard Rodriguez,

Twilight of the American newspaper

Tokeville

by Gideon Lewis-Kraus,

On the frontiers of federalism and dope

Dehumanized

by Mark Slouka,

When math and science rule the school

They have more money

by Doug Gollan,

Beds are burning

by Harper’s Staff,

Curtain calls

by Edward Hoagland,

The fever called "living" is conquered at last

A quibble

by Mark Slouka,

Human Quicksand

by Steve Featherstone,

For the U.S. Army, a Crash Course in Cultural Studies