Blogs about: Lewis Lapham

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About campaigns for high office in America - we always expect a better result from the same process6 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: The news media proclaim continuous change — each chapter equally surprising — in the Ame … more →

Tags: america, media, Campaign, Politics

Ready or Not, Here I Come!

Deanna Stevens wrote 1 month ago: Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you” [Frank Tyger]. I’ve got a secre … more →

Tags: LinkedIn, Deanna C. Stevens, Future, Victor Hugo, Frank Tyger, secret, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Maurice Switzer, st francis of assisi

The media - a broken component of America's machinery to observe and understand the world14 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  This post examines our broken mainstream media, a vital component of America’s obser … more →

Tags: america, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Malcolm X, Mark Steyn, media, OODA Loop

Periodical: Harper's

Paul wrote 1 month ago: I first heard about this magazine from my friend Ailish’s then-boyfriend, Dave (this was somet … more →

Tags: 19th Century, ABBA, consumerism, Corporate skewering, David Foster Wallace, essays, free speech, Funny ha ha, funny strange

What past President does Obama most closely resemble?14 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: We can only guess at what the Obama Administration will do, and what mark it will make on America.   … more →

Tags: History, america, Barack Obama, rge monitor, James Carter

The first step on the road to America's reform97 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: This site has had many discussions about reforming America.   How to put us back on the path to secu … more →

Tags: america, Allan Bloom, Aristotle, closing of the american mind, democracy, Max Weber, odysseus, rge monitor

"Lights, Camera, Democracy" by Lewis Lapham11 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Lewis Latpham is among the most trenchant observers of American society (see his Wikipedia entry for … more →

Tags: america

Lapham: Democracy at Bay in America33 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: How did America get into this mess? The usual explanation in the mainstream media is that bad guys d … more →

Tags: america, American Empire, the wish for kings

The magic of the mainstream media changes even the plainest words into face powder9 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: A major theme of this site is America’s broken connection with reality.  The late John Boyd (C … more →

Tags: america, Information & Disinfo, OODA Loop, media, money and class in america

Events from NEJHE's Newslink

NEBHE wrote 3 months ago: NEBHE Event! NEBHE Conference to Focus on Saving the Planet and Saving Money The New England Board o … more →

Tags: NEJHE, Events, Newslink, rennie center, green economy, UMass Amherst, commencements, Boston Athenaeum, national partnership for educational access

Are Americans still willing to bear the burden of self-government?16 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 months ago: Excerpt from Money and Class in America, Lewis Lapham (1988).  Lapham talks about America’s de … more →

Tags: america, democracy, self government, money and class in america

A note on the green religion, one of the growth industries in America65 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 months ago: This is another in a series of posts examining the deterioration of America’s ability to cope with r … more →

Tags: america, OODA Loop, rge monitor, Environmentalism, money and class in america

Observations about America by Lewis Lapham6 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 months ago: Here are some excerpts from Money and Class in America by Lewis H. Lapham (1988).  He expands on a m … more →

Tags: america, money and class in america, responsibility

Obama's cabinet are the best and brightest (here we go, again)39 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 months ago: Are you excited about the Obama Adminsitration?  They are one of the finest collections of Mandarins … more →

Tags: america, David Halberstam, Barack Obama, Best and the Brightest, david brooks, Sam Rayburn, achievetron

Theater Of War

nycmagnet wrote 7 months ago:   Lewis H. Lapham is an American writer who has been the Editor of Harper’s Magazine from 197 … more →

Tags: Literature, 9/11, Books, Harper's Magazine, History, Lapham's Quarterly, nonfiction, Theater of War

AHA sessions for writer-historians

Jana wrote 7 months ago: Are you headed to the AHA Conference in January? If so, these sessions might be of particular inter … more →

Tags: Announcements, Events, Aha!, Conference, Deborah Harkness, jane kamensky, jennifer schuessler, Jill Lepore, John Demos

Turning Mammon into Molehills1 comment

amkolberg wrote 9 months ago: You should heart Lewis Lapham. He’s heartable. The Editor Emeritus for Harper’s [and the … more →

Tags: The Best of Online Writing, The Politics of Media, Harper's, media, smoking, Tim Russert

Lapham, Russert and Thompson

brettmcateer wrote 9 months ago: In the September 08 issue of Harper’s Magazine, in the Notebook department, Lewis Lapham razor … more →

Tags: shovelling, Hunter Thompson, Tim Russert, Politics, Journalism

morning read

cshells58 wrote 10 months ago: Here are two periodicals that I am reading right now and think you would get value out of reading th … more →

Tags: sustainable, Food, Edible Los Angeles, Periodicals, Nature


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