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☆ Lewis H. Lapham, Longtime Editor of Harper’s, Dies at 89
  + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Lewis H. Lapham, the scholarly patrician who edited Harper’s Magazine for nearly three decades, and who in columns, books and later his own magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, attacked what he regarded as the inequities and hypocrisies of American life, died on Tuesday in Rome. His death was announced by his children. A longtime resident of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, he had been living in Rome with his wife and other family members since January. After a decade as a newspaper reporter and magazine writer, Mr. Lapham was the managing editor of Harper’s from 1971 to 1975 and the editor in chief from 1976 to 1981 and from 1983 to 2006. He offered a blend of high culture and populism: the fiction of John Updike and George Saunders mixed with reports on abortion fights, global warming and the age of terrorism — generally, but not always, with a progressive eye.
Persons: Lewis H, Lapham, . Mencken, Mark Twain, Harper’s, John Updike, George Saunders Organizations: Lapham’s Quarterly, Texaco, Mr Locations: Rome, Manhattan’s, San Francisco
☆ Are There Eclipse Glasses for the Election? - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Gail Collins | Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The economy added just over 300,000 new jobs last month, which gives Joe Biden something to brag about. 1 concern for voters, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal, and in one February poll 65 percent of Americans disapproved of Biden’s handling of the border. Voters are going to have to pay attention, and that’s going to give Biden the election. But you have more faith in the wisdom of the American people than I do. Mencken on the presidency: “As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.
Persons: Bret Stephens, Gail, Joe Biden, Gail Collins, Biden, Bret, H.L . Mencken Organizations: Street Journal, Voters, H.L
☆ How to Win at Monopoly
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Deb Amlen | More About Deb Amlen | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
When I look back at my child-rearing years, one of the most enduring emotions I felt — besides intense love and sleep deprivation — was absolute dread when my kids brought out the Monopoly set. Monopoly on it, because I immediately realized two things:The game was unlikely to end before their bedtimes, and possibly not within my lifetime. Maybe it’s the human inclination to not only keep up with the Joneses, but to really rub the Jones’s noses in it that brings out the competitive killer in Monopoly players. Either way, the goal of this game, according to the rules, is to win by ending with more money and real estate under your control than your opponents. And by “end,” the instructions mean driving the other players to bankruptcy, which is always a cheery way to wrap up a family get-together.
Persons: —, H.L, Mencken, wife’s, ” Organizations: Monopoly
☆ A former Obama aide who advised Succession writers on their chaotic presidential election outcome hopes 'that ultimately, life does not imitate art'
  + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Schultz wrote about how he helped craft the show's fictional presidential election. A former Obama White House aide who worked with writers on crafting the chaotic end to the show's fictional presidential election expressed hope that the brief chapter in the Roys' saga doesn't become real life. "With Succession, I can only hope we didn't predict the future and that, ultimately, life does not imitate art." Roman Roy, played by Kieran Culkin, teases his sister Shiv by saying "False Flag" repeatedly when she raises the possibility of a pro-Mencken plot. AdvertisementAdvertisement"So much for my political expertise," Schultz wrote of how he dismissed concerns about arson in actual political circles.
Persons: Eric Schultz, Schultz, doesn't, fixating, Eric Shultz, Jeryd Mencken, Kendall, Roman Roy, Jesse Armstrong, Armstrong, Darwin Perry, Adam Godley, Kieran Culkin, Shiv, Mencken, Politico's Zach Montellaro, Donald Trump, Mike Pence Organizations: HBO's, Service, Obama White House, White, Hollywood, HBO, Republican, ATN, Democratic, Electoral College Locations: Wall, Silicon, Milwaukee
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