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E.J. Dionne
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By Lewis Lapham, TomDispatch —
Happily aloft in the vicinity of my father’s hat, and the weather having cleared since the Ohioan missed its compass heading, I was free to form my earliest impression of the sea at a safe and sunny distance, lulled by the sound of waves breaking on the beach, delighting in the drift of gulls in a bright blue sky.
Posted on Jun 4, 2013
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By Lewis Lapham, TomDispatch —
However it so happens that the beasts manage to live not only at ease within the great chain of being but also in concert with the tides and the season and the presence of death, it is the great lesson they teach to humanity.
Posted on Mar 13, 2013
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By Lewis Lapham, TomDispatch —
The question that tempts mankind to the use of substances controlled and uncontrolled is next of kin to Hamlet’s: to be, or not to be, someone or somewhere else.
Posted on Dec 11, 2012
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By Lewis H. Lapham, TomDispatch —
The campaigns don’t favor the voters with the gratitude and respect owed to their standing as valuable citizens participating in making such a thing as a common good. They stay on message with their parsing of democracy as the ancient Greek name for the American Express card.
Posted on Sep 20, 2012
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Lapham's Quarterly
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By Lewis Lapham, TomDispatch —
What once was sorcery maybe now is science, but the wonders technological of which I find myself in full possession, among them indoor plumbing and electric light, I incline to regard as demonstrations magical.
Posted on Jun 30, 2012
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Lapham's Quarterly
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By Lewis Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly —
Why does it come to pass that the more data we collect—from Google, YouTube and Facebook—the less likely we are to know what it means?
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Illustration by Mr. Fish
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By Mr. Fish — There is always smoke around Lewis Lapham, as if he’d just been conjured by some sorcerer suddenly enraged by the placation of the status quo.
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Ten years ago, writer Barbara Ehrenreich published “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” a blockbuster book on the state of the working poor in America. (more)
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AP / Mark Duncan, File
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Not to speak ill of the dead, but really, Newseum? Is it necessary to further enshrine the late and already vigorously celebrated “Meet the Press” anchor Tim Russert by re-creating his NBC office as an exhibit?
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