Magical Mysterious 1967 (tags)
Nobody could have predicted 1967 in 1966. It seemed to come out of the clear blue sky. But it didn’t. It had been germinating for a long, long time. And there is no reason to think that if we couldn’t see it coming in 1966 that we would see it coming now.
Live Free or Die Trying (tags)
New Hampshire's new look will amount to "a green light for casinos, brothels, cocaine farms, and gun supermarkets." It sounds filthy, but therein lies the key: Free Staters must prove that people don't need Big Government to make them behave.
Lewis H. Lapham is editor of Harper's magazine. Other articles can be found at http://www.harpers.org.