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John R. MacArthur is the publisher of Harper’s Magazine. He’s the author of The Selling of Free Trade and You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America.
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Is Chicago Finally Tired of Rahm Emanuel?
Emanuel might conceivably lose—a previously unthinkable notion—in his bid for a second term of Chicago's mayor.
John R. MacArthur
Viewpoint
Americans Unwilling to Face Reality
John R. MacArthur
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You Can’t Be President
The decrepit state of American democracy
John R. MacArthur
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End of the Barrel
John R. MacArthur
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Culture
Of Senators and Framers
John R. MacArthur
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Against Liberal Intervention
John R. MacArthur