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James M. Larkin

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From Republican Headquarters

“Dick?…Dicky? You awake?” “Ah, here.” “Alright, that’d seem to be everyone—down to business. The wheels are coming off the wagon,


Exception to the Rule

“In America any boy may become President and I suppose it’s just one of the risks he takes.” So said


On Swashbuckling

A word with regard to the situation I’m sure is on all of our minds: We have to turn over


Skin Deep

There is a certain post-structuralist vibration to this modern political climate of spin wars and smear campaigns; operatives on both


From a Future Freshman

You don’t understand, Fitz; it’s been a tough month. DFW, first of all. I was going to mention him in


Against Speed Traps

Consider the silver Volvo 940 station wagon, getting on in years and miles, but not yet spent. At certain moments—full


Jesus is My Running Mate

In his book The Audacity of Hope, Senator Barack Obama advances a thesis that can seem, perhaps true to form,


A Note from the Editorial Board

As the Class of 1983 celebrates its 25th reunion, we take a look back at the opinions published on our


A Mere Novelty?

Among our most prominent romanticized notions about the probabilistic iron cage is the assertion that an infinite number of monkeys,