Harper's Index

[StephanieMarie]

Number of US terrorism trials brought before a jury since 9/11 = 1
Number of terrorism convictions resulting = 2
Number of them dismissed in June due to a "pattern of mistakes" = 2
Revenue generated by Halliburton under Cheney from deals with Iraq under Saddam = $30,000,000
Estimated revenue generated by Halliburton in 2003 through subsidiaries in Iran = $63,506,000
Value of the Halliburton shares owned by NYC Fire Dept Pension Fund = $3,359,095
Number of overseas bullet suppliers the US Army contracted with in 2002 = 1 ; in 2003 = 5
Minimum number of bullets the US military purchased for use in 2003 = 1,500,000,000
Average number of bullets per Iraqi this represents = 58
Number of major weapons systems the Pentagon has under development = 77
Total number of federal executives in 1960 = 451, in 2003 = 2592
Minimum number of countries with a greater capacity to produce nuclear weapons that Iraq at the time of the US invasion = 35

[janx]

1. More people should know about Harper's.

So many independent journalists, and such a history!

Also, it publishes the best short fiction around--bar none. And there isn't much good literature published anywhere on even a semi-commercial scale.

Slick fiction? The New Yorker.

Raw, deeper fiction? Harper's.

Both should publish more fiction and poetry, but sadly, our culture is not very imaginative. Advertisers just don't care much about that.