In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed
The news media these days look to outperform one another in their showings of concern for the lost battalion of America’s unemployed. Consult any newspaper, wander the Intern...
Apr 4, 2011 / Lewis Lapham
Domesticated Deities Domesticated Deities
Celebrity messiahs have come to redeem our country, not govern it (and don’t forget Marilyn and Elvis and Jackie O and Diana and Oprah and Brangelina and David Hasselhoff).
Dec 13, 2010 / Lewis Lapham
The Playing Field as Battlefield The Playing Field as Battlefield
The CIA and me and other adventures in American sports.
Jun 8, 2010 / Lewis Lapham
The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay
How the "Lively Arts" became "The Media."
Mar 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Lewis Lapham
A Salute to Molly Ivins A Salute to Molly Ivins
Her writing--sharp, satirical, infused with the spirit of skepticism--reminds us that dissent rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.
Oct 26, 2006 / Editorial / Lewis Lapham