NP- Lapham "Feast of Fools"

[Kris Williams]

I've been diggin on Lapham's Quarterly since he went part time at
Harper's.  I haven't had time to get into the new issue, but Magic Show was
brilliant.
On Sep 25, 2012 9:51 PM, "Joseph Tracy" <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Excellent, witty and acerbic article.
> On Sep 25, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Alex Colter wrote:
>
> > http://www.tomdispatch.com/dialogs/print/?id=175595
> >
> > "The campaigns don’t favor the voters with the gratitude and respect
> owed to their standing as valuable citizens participant in the making of
> such a thing as a common good. They stay on message with their parsing of
> democracy as the ancient Greek name for the American Express card,
> picturing the great, good American place as a Florida resort hotel wherein
> all present receive the privileges and comforts owed to their status as
> valued customers, invited to convert the practice of citizenship into the
> art of shopping, to select wisely from the campaign advertisements, texting
> A for Yes, B for No."
>
>
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