Living 'Imaginationally' comes naturally to S.F. artist Jan 1, 2008
His fears were broadcast on National Public Radio's "This American Life," and reprinted in Harper's magazine. He's been commissioned to create murals in the Mission District, and one of his musings, "It's a long way home from therapy when I walk," has been used to decorate Muni kiosks. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Harper's' Probes Case of Jailed AP Photog in Iraq Dec 27, 2007
Scott Horton of Harper's magazine is the latest to look at the purported evidence, and fairness of his trial -- he is accused of aiding insurgents and was held without charges for well over a year -- in an article now at www. harper's. (MediaWeek.com)
Gordon: Real News Dec 22, 2007
Jay counts among his heroes Mark Twain ("He had the courage to go where the facts led him -- there weren't any taboos -- and he did it with skill"), and he signed up perhaps this generation's Twain, Gore Vidal, along with Harper's magazine editor Lewis Lapham for his advisory board. Over time, that board came to include many of the leading figures in today's alternative news media -- Jeff Cohen of FAIR, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, John Nichols and Jonathan Schell of The Nation, Mark Karlin of... (Zmag.org)
A determined voice lost in the wilderness of U.S. mass media Dec 8, 2007
Other than Harper's magazine and liberal online outlets, the best place to find the work of the 55-year-old married father of two is on BBC.com or his own site. Palast has long had an enthusiastic following in the Bay Area, and on Saturday PEN Oakland will award him the Literary Censorship Award for several of the pieces that appear in "Armed Madhouse" and elsewhere. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Robert Anderson Dec 7, 2007
Three years later, in 1980, Arco's foundation took another step into publishing when, jointly with the MacArthur Foundation, it rescued Harper's magazine, which was planning to print its last issue. As with the Observer, financial support was pledged to tide the magazine over. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
Robert O. Anderson; founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co.; at 90 Dec 6, 2007
The Arco founder had an unusual range of interests, which encompassed enterprises as varied as the London Observer and Harper's magazine, each of which he helped rescue when they faced financial insolvency. Mr. Anderson was also a consummate dealmaker whose business savvy had turned Arco into the nation's sixth-largest oil company by the time he left it in 1986 to pursue other interests. (Boston Globe)
Engelhardt: Iraq Bases Dec 4, 2007
" In addition, a group of Iraqi secular exiles, friendly to the United States, would be in power in Baghdad, backed by the occupation and ready to open up the Iraqi economy, especially to Western (particularly American) multinationals. Americans and their allies and private contractors would, quite literally, have free run of the country, the equivalent of nineteenth century colonial extraterritoriality (something "legally" institutionalized in June 2004, thanks to , issued by the Coalition... (Zmag.org)
Bureau Chief: 'The purpose of this report was...' Nov 27, 2007
On November 7, Ken Silverstein, the Washington Editor for Harper's Magazine, blogged under the headline: "Not Just Republicans Spreading Rumors About Hillarys Lesbian Affair". But The Times is not "kicking off the ugliest month" - if that is what the next few weeks will be - we are merely doing our best to report it. (The Drudge Report)
Herman: The U.S. Aggression Process Nov 25, 2007
" (Federal News Service transcript, March 20, 1991.) See, e.g., John Mueller and Karl Mueller, "," Foreign Affairs,May/June, 1999; Thomas J. Nagy, "," The Progressive, September, 2001; and Joy Gordon, "," Harper's Magazine, November, 2002. See David Martin, "Notes from an aide to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld says Iraq was considered an attack target as far back as 9/11 despite no evidence of involvement," CBS Evening News, September 4, 2002. "His WMD programme is active, detailed and... (Zmag.org)
Norman Mailer, 84 Nov 20, 2007
Covering the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago for Harper's magazine, Mailer was torn between keeping to a tight deadline or joining the anti-war protests that led to a violent police crackdown. I was in a moral quandary. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Norman Mailer, 84: American literary giant Nov 13, 2007
The book was followed by a compelling account of the 1968 Democratic convention, published in Harper's magazine. His article evoked the currents of violence that threatened to overwhelm not only the convention but all the institutions of American life. (Toronto Star)
The trouble with chewing gum Nov 12, 2007
Aside from the disposal of chewed gum and the harm of sugar, I wasn't aware of the worldwide concern until I came upon an article in the January issue of Harper's Magazine. It was republished from a debate in Britain's House of Lords. (Missoulian, MT)
'The Naked and The Dead' Author Norman Mailer Dead at... Nov 12, 2007
Covering the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago for Harper's magazine, Mailer was torn between keeping to a tight deadline or joining the anti-war protests that led to a violent police crackdown. "I was in a moral quandary. I didn't know if I was being scared or being professional," he later testified in the trial of the so-called Chicago Seven. (Fox News)
Author Norman Mailer dies Nov 11, 2007
During the Vietnam War, his account of his participation in the 1967 protest march on the Pentagon filled an entire issue of Harper's magazine. It became The Armies of the Night, which won the first of his two Pulitzer prizes. (USA Today -- Life)
Norman Mailer's life and legacy Nov 11, 2007
His essay filled an entire issue of Harper's magazine and was later turned into a book. Mr. Mailer also dabbled in film-making and play writing, yet it was his nonfiction writing that salvaged his dissolute, fading career. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Flash mob 2.0: Urban playground movement invites participation Nov 11, 2007
Harper's Magazine Senior Editor Bill Wasik, who claims to be the architect of flash mobs, started a quasi-covert e-mail group, telling people where and when to show up and even how to behave. The first successful event in June 2003 sent 200 people into a Macy's rug department and had them disperse exactly seven minutes later - the action was merely an "empty meditation on emptiness," Wasik wrote in an essay. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mailer dies at age 84 Nov 11, 2007
When he covered the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago for Harper's magazine, Mailer was torn between keeping to a tight deadline or joining the anti-war protests that led to a violent police crackdown. I was in a moral quandary. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Memo to network execs: get creative, have fun during the writers' strike Nov 3, 2007
Think of Harper's Magazine, and the way it makes bits and pieces interesting simply by pulling them from obscurity. Websites, too, can be fascinating by selecting the right links. (Boston Globe)
* Canberra denies secret deal with Dick Cheney for Hicks Oct 24, 2007
POLITICAL CHARADE': A recent 'Harper's Magazine' article reports that US Vice President Dick Cheney directly intervened for the release of the 'Australian Taliban' AFP, SYDNEY Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007, Page 5 ... The latest edition of Harper's Magazine reported that Cheney directly intervened to get Hicks a plea bargain deal after meeting with Australian Prime Minister John Howard. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Media Elite: Domino's Bazaar Behavior; Harper's, PBS Honor Burns Oct 23, 2007
Harper's Magazine and PBS co-hosted a party in honor of Ken Burns' latest docu series The War on Oct. 11 at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. Legendary anchor and WWII reporter Walter Cronkite was on hand to introduce an excerpt that was screened, and received a standing ovation after he spoke. (MediaWeek.com)
Australia denies secret US deal on Guantanamo detainee Oct 23, 2007
The latest US edition of Harper's Magazine reported that Cheney directly intervened to get Hicks a plea bargain deal after meeting with Australian Prime Minister John Howard. "He did it, apparently, as part of a deal cut with Howard," the magazine quoted an unnamed officer involved in the Guantanamo military commissions as saying. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Review of Susan Faludi's 'The Terror Dream' Oct 13, 2007
John Leonard, who reviews books for Harper's Magazine and television for New York magazine, is writing a memoir. " /> Review of Susan Faludi's 'The Terror Dream' Published: October 12, 2007 Text Size The Terror DreamFear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America. By Susan Faludi. 351 pages. $26. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company. Susan Faludi, a relentless reporter, an unapologetic feminist and a brilliant scourge, begins her CAT scan of our traumatized psyche with a demurral: "The Terror Dream,"... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A talk with Amity High School Principal Charles Britton Oct 10, 2007
"I read a wonderful article in last month's Harper's Magazine titled 'Schoolhouse Crock,'" Britton said. "I strongly recommend this article to anyone who is interested in developing an insight into the collective history of America's school reform movements. Britton said he reads widely in all genres of literature. "I try to stay current by referring to The New York Times bestseller list," he said. "This is where I draw most of my leisure-time reading sources. (Ivorytown Beacon, CT)
This city is not as liberal as New Yorkers believe Oct 1, 2007
"New York has always been where America happens first," wrote Kevin Baker in Harper's magazine last month. "As the nation's most populous city, as its financial and intellectual capital, and as a magnet for ambitious and creative immigrants from all points, domestic and foreign, it has set the course for most of the nation's history.". (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Abunimah: Dehumanizing the Palestinians Sep 22, 2007
And, in a September 6 blog posting, an advisor to leading US Republican Presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani argued for "shutting off utilities to the Palestinian Authority as well as a host of other measures, such as permitting no transportation in the PA of people or goods beyond basic necessities, implementing the death penalty against murderers, and razing villages from which attacks are launched." This, the advisor stated, would "impress Palestinians with the Israeli will to survive, and... (Zmag.org)
Michael Bublé wants to take over the world Sep 22, 2007
perform at a corporate gig, and sent a CD to Mulroney, suggesting he might sing at the marriage of Mulroney's daughter, Caroline, to Andrew, son of Lewis Lapham, then editor of Harper's Magazine. That was in 2000. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Abu Ghraib justice ends with GIs Aug 31, 2007
"This leaves a curious record in prosecutions coming out of Abu Ghraib," wrote human-rights advocate and Harper's magazine blogger Scott Horton. "Accountability, it seems, is something which applies to enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers who make the mistake of being caught in photographs. The officers who were supposedly in charge of the facility and giving them guidance escape without serious punishment.". (Asia Times Online)
RIGHTS-US: Abu Ghraib Justice Ends With Enlisted Soldiers Aug 30, 2007
"This leaves a curious record in prosecutions coming out of Abu Ghraib," wrote human rights advocate and Harper's magazine blogger Scott Horton. "Accountability, it seems, is something which applies to enlisted personnel and noncommissioned officers who make the mistake of being caught in photographs. The officers who were supposedly in charge of the facility and giving them guidance escape without serious punishment.". (IPS)
Reaction to Bush's speech on Iraq Aug 24, 2007
at Harper's Magazine, Aug 23. at The New Yorker, Aug 23. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Draft report logs bleak outlook for Iran Aug 24, 2007
at Harper's Magazine, Aug 23. The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
NYPD Warns Of Mounting Homegrown Terror Threat; Radical Ways... Aug 16, 2007
Harper's magazine published a map showing the locality of these cells several years ago. At that time the map showed well over 400 different cells. (The Drudge Report)
'What liberals say and what they really mean' Aug 14, 2007
Hailed as "the answer to a baseball mom's prayers" by talk radio host Melanie Morgan, "Liberals Under My Bed" has already been the subject of coverage in The Wall Street Journal and Harper's magazine. Here are the top sellers for Aug. 6-13. (WorldNetDaily)
'Radioactive Boy Scout' Charged in Smoke Detector Theft Aug 5, 2007
Hahn learned that a small amount of a radioactive isotope could be found in smoke detectors during his experiments in the 1990s, according to a 1998 article in Harper's Magazine that later expanded into a book by journalist Ken Silverstein. Maierle said his department evacuated the apartment complex and called the state police bomb squad, which found no hazardous materials. (Fox News)
Susan Meiselas: photographs from the edge Aug 1, 2007
She had just completed her first in-depth project - edgy, black and white shots of carnival strippers in New England - and taken them to Harper's Magazine. The publication declined to publish them, but assigned her to photograph women at the Democratic National Convention instead. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'The Boys From Dolores' Jul 29, 2007
The meeting wasn't in person but through a 1997 Harper's magazine article on Cuba, and I admired his verve and honesty. Plenty of journalists write about visiting Cuba, but this was the first time one admitted joining and enjoying the sleaze -- and there is plenty to enjoy. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
writes Grim of BlackFive.net Jul 25, 2007
Ken Silverstein at Harper's Magazine has to which I suppose I ought to respond ... from THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER There's really very little more pathetic than when a professional journalist at a self-important glossy like Harper's Magazine attacks bloggers by pretending that he's anything more than an ink-stained wretch plying a not-very-reputable tra ... Ken Silverstein at Harper's Magazine says this: Before these bloggers s.. (Harper's Magazine)
Ill be appearing on Bill Moyers Journal Jun 23, 2007
Ken Silverstein, HARPER'S Magazine's Washington Editor, has for years been reporting on the questionable lobbying practices of certain Washington firms that advocate in Congress on behalf of corrupt foreign regimes ... KEN SILVERSTEINWashington Editor of HARPER'S Magazine, Ken Silverstein, discusses his latest article in which he ventures undercover to reveal the inner-workings of the Washington lobbying world. (Harper's Magazine)
The borrower Jun 2, 2007
New Yorkers - or at least those who care about these things - have been talking for a couple of months about Jonathan Lethem's essay, "The Ecstasy of Influence", in the February issue of Harper's magazine. As a defence of artistic borrowing it is not breaking new ground, exactly, but it is elegant, spirited and timely - and, particularly pleasingly for literary trainspotters, deliberately knitted together from other people's words, often unattributed. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Free Will Astrology May 30, 2007
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The editors of Harper's magazine took a survey of American organizations devoted to bigotry. They counted 151 different neo-Nazi groups, 163 chapters of the KKK, 62 congregations of Christian Identity, 48 skinhead cults, and 29 black separatist movements. (City Pages)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Ashleigh Roach scholarship event on tap May 29, 2007
He has written for many publications including the Los Angeles Times, Harper's Magazine and The Nation. He has been awarded fellowships from the Ford Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation and is an elected Fellow the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (North County Times)
Did the Valentine that a military lawyer sent really contain Pentagon secrets? May 16, 2007
He suggests reading Monday in Harper's Magazine on the government's prosecution of Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz, in Norfolk, Va. (NPR)
Lendman: Free Expression May 11, 2007
" That includes monitoring freely expressed speech and cracking down on it if so ordered. Scott Horton reports on another Bush administration assault on free expression in his April Harper's magazine article titled "The Plot Against the First Amendment. " In it he notes an important case going to trial in June in Northern Virginia "that will mark a first step in a plan to silence press coverage of (whatever the administration calls) essential national security issues. (Zmag.org)
Death of a journalism icon; tears for a dying craft May 3, 2007
One symbol of the era, though hardly the whole of it, was Harper's Magazine under Willie Morris in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was Harper's editor Midge Decter who, in 1969, first proposed the piece on McGeorge Bundy, who had been the National Security adviser for both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, which became the start of Halberstam's classic book about the architects of the Vietnam War, "The Best and the Brightest.". (Scripps Howard News Wire)
David Halberstam (1934-2007): Apr 27, 2007
In 1967, Halberstam departed for Harper's magazine. Willie Morris boasts in his memoirs of paying Halberstam $16,000, "about $4,000 more than a copy boy made at the Times." Well, not exactly. (Slate)
Insurance information to be presented Apr 27, 2007
This drawing of Port Townsend was published in New Harper's magazine in 1870. The Multiple Sclerosis Association of King County hosts a Medical Insurance and Life Planning 101 class in the hope of relieving frustration, worry and confusion about the illness. (Seattle Times)
Halberstam, a wise man rained out in Oxford Apr 25, 2007
The speechHalberstam begins by remembering his old and beloved friend, the late Willie Morris, the Yazoo City native who was his editor at Harper's magazine and who helped him understand Mississippi. He remembers his early days here and what a profound learning experience those days were. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
So you think we should just sit back and let Iran get nuclear weapons, Observation? That's dangerous thinking. Yes, mistakes were made in Iraq. All I'm saying that things will get MUCH worse if we just pack up and leave. We have to stay and fix the mess that we started More... Apr 24, 2007
I'd suggest you look at the recent Harper's Magazine for an example of testimony to Congress about options and the realities of the Middle East. " OBSERVATION wrote on April 23, 2007 11:37 AM:"Hey, I am OBSERVATION. The rest of you get yourself a handle. (North County Times)
Famed Author David Halberstam Killed In Bay Area Crash Apr 24, 2007
Harper's magazine called him "a legend in American journalism.". His classic, "The Best and The Brightest," is the definitive book on how and why we went to war in Vietnam. (NBC 11, CA)
Moore is less Apr 22, 2007
"It's a starkly ideological view they have of the world. 'I'm right, and if you don't agree with me, by definition, you're wrong.' "As far as I'm concerned, if you're American and you're a right-winger, read one g----- issue of Harper's magazine. If you're a leftie and you only read The Nation and Mother Jones, read the f---ing National Review just one time. (Winnipeg Sun)
Doubting the doomsday doubters Apr 17, 2007
According to the website Sourcewatch and Harper's magazine, Lindzen has given speeches underwritten by OPEC, and his 1991 trip to testify before the Senate was paid for by Western Fuels. In the past, he has charged oil companies $2,500 a day for his consulting services. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Iraq Money Trail to Bush Cronies Must End Apr 17, 2007
"Getting the rights to distribute Procter & Gamble products can be a gold mine," one of the firm's partners told Naomi Klein, quoted in an article in Harper's Magazine in September 2004. "One well-stocked 7-Eleven," the partner said, "could knock out thirty Iraqi stores; a Wal-Mart could take over the country." There were rumors that a McDonald's might open, a Starwood hotel was mentioned, and General Motors was said to be planning a factory and according to Ms Klein, Citigroup was preparing to... (Ocnus.net)
Bush Administration Mar 28, 2007
An Algerian who tried to smuggle explosives into the from was of an act of transcending a national boundary. was beginning to approach the subject with a certain irony. (Harper's Magazine)
Representatives Mar 28, 2007
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United Nations Mar 28, 2007
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'The American Ruling Class' *1/2 Mar 24, 2007
This strange little film was written by Lewis Lapham, former editor of Harper's Magazine and author of such books as last year's Pretensions to Empire - which included the words "a case for impeachment" on the cover - but it isn't so much a liberal screed as a rumination on liberal angst. Serving as an oddly Vincent Price-like master of ceremonies, Lapham poses a simple question: Is there a ruling class in America, and, if so, how does one get in. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
GoodWorks draws criticism over Nigerian connections Mar 18, 2007
Last month, for instance, in an article published in Harper's magazine, Washington editor Ken Silverstein declared that "Andrew Young's days of do-gooding have long since passed.". In a phone interview, Silverstein condemned Young's role as a door-opener for corporations doing business in Africa. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Solnit: New Orleans Mar 16, 2007
Rebecca Solnit's essay for Harper's Magazine on disaster and civil society went to press the day Katrina struck New Orleans. She recently trained to join San Francisco's Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams in the next big earthquake and hopes to return to New Orleans for a more extended stay in a few months. (Zmag.org)
The futuristic battlefield Mar 9, 2007
The February 2007 issue of Harper's magazine contains a revealing article on FCS titled "The coming robot army" by Steve Featherstone, who writes. The practice of warfare has changed dramatically in the past 60 years. (Asia Times Online)
Guantanamo Bay, Feb 28, 2007
Events Related To Cuba. The steamship Missouri, bound from to Havana, was burned at sea, October 22, off the island of Abaco. (Harper's Magazine)
Herman: HRW War Service Feb 25, 2007
See Thomas J. Nagy, , The Progressive, September, 2001; and Joy Gordon, , Harper's Magazine, November, 2002. Note that as early as June, 1991, the New York Times was reporting that the Bush Administration's internal findings on the damage inflicted to Iraq's infrastructure had concluded that Iraq has, for some time to come, been relegated to a pre-industrial age, but with all the disabilities of post-industrial dependency on an intensive use of energy and technology. (Zmag.org)
War without fear is not war Feb 19, 2007
Featherstone's article, "The Coming Robot Army," was published in Harper's Magazine this month, explaining new military technology that would take the soldier out of harm's way and replace him with robots equipped with everything from M202 grenade launchers to video feed equipment. But the American death toll is not the only one that will go down. (East Tennessean, TN)
Whitney Balliett, jazz scribe for New Yorker Feb 9, 2007
"The jazz show, hosted by New York Herald Tribune columnist John Crosby, brought to millions of homes such eclectic performers as Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Gerry Mulligan, and Thelonious Monk. The program also featured unlikely pairings of musicians, such as Russell and Jimmy Giuffre, clarinetists of two very different generations and styles.Eric Larrabee wrote in Harper's magazine that "The Sound of Jazz" was the "best thing that ever happened to television. "Collections of his New Yorker... (Boston Globe)
Republic or Empire Feb 8, 2007
His last article for Harper's Magazine, The War Business: Squeezing a Profit from the Wreckage in Iraq, appeared in the November 2003 issue ... org is the website of Harper's Magazine, an American journal of literature, politics, culture, and the arts published continuously from 1850 ... 2006 Harper's Magazine Foundation. (Harper's Magazine)
Guantánamo Bay Feb 6, 2007
"[] Apr 16 It was reported that Donald was personally involved in the torture of Guant;namo Bay detainee Mohamed al-Qahtani, who was made to perform dog tricks ; Rumsfeld was allegedly briefed on the progress of al-Qahtani's interrogations by .[] Apr 25 The announced that it would 141 of the 490 "enemy combatants" at the Guant;namo Bay prison in Cuba because they do not threaten U.S. security after all.[] May 7 said he would like to see the prison at Guant;namo Bay closed.[] May 20 There was a... (Harper's Magazine)
$100 billion Feb 6, 2007
Events Related To Economics. An economics professor sued right-wing presidential candidate Pat Buchanan for plagiarism; Buchanan underwent a gall bladder operation and cancelled public appearances. (Harper's Magazine)
