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All the Change in the World

by Thomas Frank,

Competitive magnificence is the main aesthetic principle of modern presidential libraries. From the rectilinear sprawl of the George W. Bush Presidential Center to the elevated glass box of Bill Clinton’s edifice,…

Letters

by Rana Mitter, Jennifer Kabat,

Chinese Characteristics Pankaj Mishra’s column “Geopolitical Narcissism” [Easy Chair, June] is a stimulating examination of the origins of U.S. foreign-policy attitudes toward a range of countries, including China. I certainly…

Love of Country

by Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) Stevenson,

From “The Hard Kind of Patriotism,” which appeared in the July 1963 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—along with the magazine’s entire 176-year archive—is available online at harpers.org/archive. It…

The Data-Center Divide

by Andrew Cockburn,

Why politicians are squandering the anti-AI backlash

Twilight Time

by Roy Addison Helton,

From “Old People: A Rising National Problem,” which appeared in the October 1939 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—along with the magazine’s entire 175-year archive—is available online at harpers.org/archive.…

Liberal Despair

by Thomas Frank,

The first time around, there was something almost thrilling about Donald Trump as president. His administration furnished the virtuous with a kind of negative pole against which to define themselves.…

The Mask of Imperialism

by Anatol Lieven,

They make a wilderness, and they call it peace. —Tacitus, Agricola Liberal internationalism died in the ruins of Gaza and Beirut. Donald Trump’s return to office has only put a…