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Correspondence addresses concerns about how reforms can reshape universities toward partisan outcomes, leading to self-censorship before lawsuits and after administrative decisions. Examples mention actions tied to Florida’s education policy and Texas A&M course changes involving philosophy materials. The page also includes publication welcomes, submission guidance, and memorial remarks for a contributing editor.","REWRITING HISTORY AT THE OBAMA CENTER  \nHARPER’S MAGAZINE/SEPTEMBER 2026  \nThe Lost Dream of Lab-Grown Meat  \nDISPLAY UNTIL 9/21/26  \nTHE ANARCHIST ORIGINS OF PREDICTION MARKETS  \nA WEEKEND WITH THE UGLIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD  \nHARPERS.ORG  \nm a g a z i n e  \nFOUNDED IN 1850 / VOL. 353, NO. 2116  \nSEPTEMBER 2026  \nHARPERS.ORG  \nLetters 2  \nLaboratories of Democracy Lindsie Rank, Anne MacLachlan  \nEasy Chair 5  \nAll the Change in the World Thomas Frank  \nHarper’s Index 9  \nReadings 11  \nFlight of the Muse Robert Frost The Crocfather George Boedecker Jr. I Do Remember Rudy Wilson  \nAbout Face it’s TMZ in the DMZ for South Korean troops  \nThe Matthew Page Method a patented new approach to bathroom hygiene Close Second Person Graham Foust  \nAnd . . . Hulda Guzmán, Scott Kahn , Maria Lax, and a shell-shocking rule change for cephalopods  \nReport 23  \nWHERE’S THE BEEF? Erin Somers  \nThe lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn’t  \nFrom the Archive 31  \nPrime Meat Vance Bourjaily  \nLetter from Italy 33  \nREGARDING THE PAIN OF UGGOS Barrett Swanson  \nA weekend at the Ugly People Festival  \nRevision 45  \nTHE CHAOS MACHINE Finn Brunton  \nPrediction markets and the triumph of crypto-anarchy  \nCriticism 50  \nBORROWED WOUNDS Kyle Berlin  \nA civil war, a bestseller, and the trial that divided France  \nMemoir 62  \nSILKWORMS Long Ling  \nReincarnation in Beijing  \nFiction 67  \nFIVE STORIES Diane Williams  \nReviews 71  \nNEW BOOKS Dan Piepenbring ALBANY’S HOMER Kasia Boddy  \nHow William Kennedy found his beat  \nPuzzle 79 Richard E. Maltby Jr.  \nFindings 80 Cover illustration by Timo Lenzen  \nLETTERS  \nm a g a z i n e  \nJohn R. 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