The Gary Null Show – 12.15.16

CONVERSATION WITH REMARKABLE MINDS

How America has abandoned its democracy

Lewis Lapham is an American legend as an historian, essayist and writer. He is the editor emeritus for Harpers Magazine and founder of Lapham’s Quarterly, a quarterly publication about history and literature. He was the host and author of the PBS series America’s Century, hosts the World in Time radio program on Bloomberg radio and wrote the script Thomas Paine Journalism Award. He has been compared to other great American essayists such as Mark Twain, IF Stone, Mencken, Gore Vidal and others. He has published many books, his  latest being “Age of Folly: America Abandons Its Democracy.”  Lewis’ website is LaphamsQuarterly.o

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