A History of the Iraq War Told Entirely in Lies

Harper’s Weekly posted a special compendium of quotes from Bush Administration officials and advisors on the Iraq War. In places, tenses have been changed for clarity.
“Once again, we were defending both ourselves and the safety and survival of civilization itself. September 11 signaled the arrival of an entirely different era. We faced perils we had [...]

Be. Here. Now.: A Personal Challenge

We like distraction and to be distracted. Everyone has an iPod and listens to them when walking down the street. We play with our phones or surf the web on our blackberries while on the train. We love to put in our bluetooth headsets even when not talking on our cellphones. Heck, I even squeeze [...]

Hung: The Black Man and His Member

In this piece, writer E. Lynn Harris reviews “Hung,” a new book by Scott Poulson-Bryant about the centuries-long controversy of the black man’s penis. Black pride and white anxiety have surrounded the “myth” since the first interactions between Africans and Europeans.
“Poulson-Bryant’s obsession with all this began when an older cousin told him that the size [...]