Remembering Lewis Lapham, Who Opened America’s Mind

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Remembering Lewis Lapham, Who Opened America’s Mind
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Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and the author of 'The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future' (2012). His new book is, 'Wrecking America: How Trump's Lies and Lawbreaking Betray All' (2020, co-authored with Mark Green).

In 2000, I received a call from Lewis Lapham , the storied editor of the venerable, Harper’s Magazine requesting an in-person interview during my Green Party presidential campaign. Accustomed to reporters clinging to the single question about “being a spoiler” and my usual rebuttals , I was pleased by Mr. Lapham’s interest in our broad and deep agenda, modes of campaigning, and the historical context of Third Parties breaking important new ground.

In 2007, still pursuing his belief that the reading public had to be provided with contrasting viewpoints, the contributions of the wise minds from the ancient classics to the present-day sagacities, Lapham started Lapham’s Quarterly—a truly unique publication.

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