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The article reports on the state of local newspapers across the U.S., particularly their high rate of closure and their rapidly declining power and influence. Also cited are the questionable search by members of the Kansas police on the offices of the "Marion County Record" in August 2024 and the positive developments that could bolster journalism and democracy in the country.

The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of April 24, 1971. U.S. foreign economic and political relations with China are discussed in detail. The forced closings of domestic paper mills due to Federal anti-pollution standards are reviewed. The State Department's foreign training programs for police methods and anti-communism is described.

The article looks at the role of the U.S. Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the 2013 exposure of the U.S. government's clandestine electronic surveillance of corporations and citizens. Topics include how many of the OLC's opinions violate constitutional principles, the OLC's views toward the president's war powers and the treatment of those who reveal state secrets, and the need for the public to hold the government accountable for its unwarranted surveillance activities.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of "The New Republic." Reaction to concerns about the use of pieces of paper to denominate general claims to goods and more specific ownership claims; "New York Preliminaries," which questioned the steadfastness of the adherence of U.S. Representative Samuel Stratton to liberal principles; "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which focused on the social condition of African Americans.

The article presents information about the book "Introductory Papers on Dante," by Dorothy L. Sayers. The present volume is a series of lectures delivered on various occasions and concerned with a number of problems of the interpretation of poet Alighieri Dante's imagery. These are good Dantean problems and it is obvious that it brings to them a scholarship both profoundly well informed and deeply thought. Sayers' zeal for Dante drives her to overstate and thence to over argue many of her points and even to develop a series of defenses of Dante.

This article reports on the U.S. presidential campaign of Arizona Governor Bill Richardson. Richardson's relying on his vast foreign policy and diplomatic experience to separate himself from the other Democratic candidates. However, the author wonders if his speaking style and lack of recognition can be overcome.

The article reviews the exhibit "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Cites several grounds, which clarify that gold can't be accepted as a standard medium of exchange in the modern world. Argument that a gold standard is an arbitrary, but completely effective, method of limiting the amount of currency in circulation; Gold policy of U.S. ex-President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Claim of the U.S. Congress that gold clauses in financial dealings were invalid as contrary to public policy and inconsistent with the new monetary system; Argument pertaining to the fixed supply of gold in the U.S.; Production of gold coins by several countries to tap the amateur market; Use of selling gold by the U.S. government as a way of narrowing the federal budget deficit.

Discusses the U.S. bombings during the war in Vietnam. Views of critics on the Vietnam bombings; Factors responsible for the U.S. decision to bomb Vietnam; Views of Pentagon analysts; U.S. government's attitude regarding the future of South Vietnam.

Explains that the dissident periodical "Lidove Noviny" or "People's Newspaper" has become legal after the collapse of the ruling Communist party in Czechoslovakia. Surrender to pressure from the opposition movement determined to transform the country into a liberal democracy; Paper's credibility as an alternative to the disgraced official Communist daily newspaper "Rude Pravo"; Preoccupation of editor Rita Klimova with the paper's sudden success and uncertain future.

The article examines the prominent U.S. newspapers, notably "The Wall Street Journal" and "New York Times" which are part of publicly traded corporations with dual stock systems. Only shares owned by the families which control the newspapers have full voting rights. The poor performance of the stocks of Dow Jones and the Times corporation are noted. The owning families are criticized for supporting democracy everywhere but in their own firms.

The author discusses relationship and reported attacks made by U.S. President Donald Trump against news media outlets. Topics explored include the treatment received by news organizations particularly journalists from Trump, the violence against journalists at political rallies, and the significant increase in leak investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) during the administration of Trump.

Presents views on journalistic ethics. Information on the motion picture "The Paper"; Details of the practice of undercover reporting; Reason of the newspaper "USA Today" for requiring names in printing quotations; Changes made to photographs being printed in the "Time" magazine.

Reviews the films "Hitler: The Last Ten Days," "A Touch of Class," written by Melvin Frank and Jack Rose and "Paper Moon," starring Tatum O'Neal.

Provides an insight into the issue of whether the diaries or private writings of Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski can be considered as public property in the U.S. Conflict with the ten amendments in the U.S. Bill of Rights; Views on the issue of reasonableness in reading a man's diary; State of Kaczynski's constitutional case.

Focuses on several newspapers published in the U.S. Comments on the people who have funded for the newspaper "Washington Times"; Discussion of Warren Adler, founder of the newspaper "Dossier"; Reasons for the popularity of the newspaper "Washington Times" in the U.S.; Circulation of the newspaper "The News World" in the U.S.; Comparison of the "Washington Times" with any other conservative newspaper in the U.S.

Discusses the revelation of duplicity and cynicism in the making of the economic policy of the United States government headed by President Ronald Reagan in the periodical "The Atlantic Monthly." Information on the policy makers' knowledge that supply-side economics would never work; Executive David Stockman's discovery that the Reagan program would produce the highest peacetime deficits in history; View that the magical aura that surrounded supply-side economics has been erased for good, but this does not necessarily mean that the Democratic Party automatically will profit; Statement that Democrats need a better economic program to undo the injustices Reagan has wrought, and the best Democratic program always has been one that is democratic.

Analyzes documents on the existence of Iraqi nuclear, biological and chemical weapons during the 1991 Gulf War. Speculations about the nuclear and chemical weapons program of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Factors considered by the U.S. military in its decision not to bomb major Iraqi arms plants; Impact of the release low-level biological weapons agents on U.S. service members.

Examines the relationship of the U.S. press controlled by whites with its African American readers in 1965. Roles played by the press in the race situation in the country; Ideas and values advanced by the press to its African American readers; Rights and privileges that has yet to be awarded to African Americans; Significance of the press in preparing the society for the social change brought by the changing socio-political conditions of African Americans.

Reviews the motion picture "The Paper," starring Michael Keaton and Marisa Tomei. INSET: FILMS WORTH SEEING.

Presents information on government and politics in the U.S. Success of the paper industry in amending a proposed government directive that would have required the federal government to purchase paper containing 25 percent recycled material; Recruitment of salespeople for KaloVita, a direct marketing company founded and owned by Pat Robertson, during the Christian Coalition's Road to Victory conference; Passage in the U.S. Senate of the Sam Nunn codification of a compromise bill supported by U.S. President Bill Clinton's administration.

The article discusses the direction of the newspaper "The Wall Street Journal," and the personnel changes at its Washington D.C. bureau since the takeover by its corporate parent News Corporation. Former managing editor Marcus Brauchli's resignation, allegedly under pressure from chairman Rupert Murdoch, is explored. The role played by the paper's publisher and managing editor, Robert Thomson, is considered. The concern over the fate of the paper's front-page features is discussed.

Focuses on the financial support provided by the Institute for Educational Affairs' (IEA) for operating university newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. Categories of student papers supported by the Institute; Philosophy behind the financial grants; Comments of IEA president Leslie Lenkowsky that the foundation will be emphasising improved journalism and making more of the papers self-sustaining; Influence of conservatives on articles published in these journals; Training programs organized for conservative journalists; Articles on conservative youth culture published in the journal "Observer"; Categories of student papers published in the journals.

Discusses various aspects related to presidential papers in the U.S. and how former President Richard Nixon might benefit from it. Lawsuit filed by Nixon against the U.S. government in which he demanded that it pay him for the estimated 42 million pages of Nixon presidential papers it holds at the National Archives; Market value of Nixon's papers; Discussion on the legal status of presidential papers throughout the ages; Reasons why Nixon is exempt from the clause that all presidential papers, starting with Ronald Reagan, are the property of the government in the first place; Significance of the Watergate scandal in the control exercised by Nixon over his presidential papers and the Watergate tapes.

An image is presented of a paper illustration by Yulia Brodskaya accompanied by a quotation from commentator Walter Lippmann on the need to be bold in seeking the truth.

The article focuses on the book "The Papers of Christian Gauss," edited by Katherine Gauss Jackson and Hiram Haydn. It is plain, from the testimony of his former students at Princeton, that Christian Gauss was an extraordinary teacher. Edmund Wilson has acknowledged his debt to him in a tribute that serves as a prologue to "The Shores of Light," and has indicated that John Peale Bishop and F. Scott Fitzgerald were also profoundly influenced by his teaching.

Focuses on the formation of monopolies in the newspaper industry in the U.S. Acquisition of the "Louisville Courier-Journal" and the journal "Times" by Gannett Newspapers Inc. for $305 million; Acquisition of newspaper "The Baltimore Sun" and two television stations by Times Mirror Co. for $600 million; Trend among U.S. capitalists to pursue monopoly; Improvement of the stock prices of newspaper publishers; Use of the profits from newspapers with small circulations to buy bigger papers by Gannett.

Focuses on the Social Security reform bill of United States President George W. Bush. Report that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas criticized the Social Security reforms; Praise for former House Ways and Means Committee chairmen Wilbur Mills and Dan Rostenkowski; Report that Thomas won the award for "brainiest" as well as "meanest" in "Washingtonian" magazine's 2004 "Best and Worst of Congress" awards; Reaction of Thomas to Bush's 2001 tax cut; Role of Thomas in the passing of a Medicare prescription-drug bill in 2003.

Focuses on a conflict between the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and the Missouri House of Representatives. Editorial in the Post Dispatch that criticised the representatives for using state-funded health insurance while voting for cuts in the state's Medicaid budget; Bill passed soon afterward that eliminates tax breaks for newspapers; Claim by the House that the bill was not an act of retribution, but an attempt to close corporate tax loopholes; Battle with Democratic Governor Bob Holden to protect other tax loopholes.

Focuses on the efforts of Indiana Congressman Dan Burton to procure internal memos related to the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Invocation of executive privilege by the administration of President George W. Bush in order to protect documents related to the U.S. Department of Justice; Reluctance shown by Bush administration to release the memos related to the Boston Federal Bureau of Investigation fiasco, in which a corrupt relationship between federal agents and mobsters, resulted in the framing of an innocent man, Joseph Salvati; Opinion that Bush's secrecy edicts could ultimately lead to a showdown with Burton and other erstwhile allies in the Congressional Republicans.

Focuses on the author's views that the reading of literature has become a dispensable activity, used primarily as an entertainment for those with leisure time. Statement that literature has become an increasingly female activity; Opinion that literature is an experience of learning about human nature; Comments on Microsoft Corp.'s founder Bill Gates' goal of putting an end to paper and books.

The article reports on the chaos of Donald Trump's White House five years ago, including the tragedy of children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, the farce of Trump Scotch-taping presidential papers, and the fascist undertones of a denaturalization task force.

Points out that the economic collapse of South Korea has its roots in following Japan's state-directed economic model. Claim of Eisuke Sakakibara, a Japanese financial diplomat, that Asian countries who have copied Japan's state-directed economic model all boomed; Economic legacy of Park Chung Hee, former president of South Korea; Comment from Russ Cheetham, vice president for East Asia and the Pacific at the World Bank, on the South Korean experience.

Presents information on the political conditions in the United States. Comments on attributes of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration; Reference to the budget produced by the budget director, David Stockman; Comment on the hearings held by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress regarding the impact of Reagan programs on the poor; Statement of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities regarding income and unemployment; Information regarding Reagan's tax changes.

Presents information on features of the Freedom of Information Act. Statement that the foreign governments fear the undermining of privileged communications; Reference to changes proposed by Federal Bureau of Investigation director, William Webster in the Freedom of Information Act; Information that the Federal Communications Commission had been monitoring Temple communications between Guyana and San Francisco; Argument that under the Freedom of Information Act, the government was required to segregate specific documents relating to a specific criminal charge and release all other materials.

Focuses on the conflict between U.S. President George Bush administration and the Congress regarding the defense budget. Recommendation of the Bush administration to reduce the nation's military budget over five years; Proposal of Representative Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee regarding reduction in the military budget; Criticism of Aspin's threat-based analysis; Information on General Colin Powell's National Military Strategy report.

The article presents information about two books: "Douglas of the Supreme Court" and "The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren." Half of The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren and much the greater part of Douglas of the Supreme Court are selections of opinions. Offerings of this sort, a bit of a fashion in recent years, are extremely treacherous business at best. Of the many difficulties and dangers they are fraught with, hardly one occurs to the author that is solved or avoided in either of these books.

The article reports on the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his warnings of the November 8, 2016 elections being rigged, and the other broken aspects of the U.S. voting systems. Topics include the 2000 upgrade from punch-card voting machines to touch-screens which ended up being vulnerable and unreliable, the 2003 incidence of such machines failing to record one vote out of every 100, and these machines failing to provide paper copies of the votes.

Reviews several motion pictures. "Funny Girl," directed by William Wyler, starring Barbara Streisand and Omar Sharif; "Barbarella," directed by Roger Vadim, starring Jane Fond and David Hemmings; "Paper Lion," directed by Alex March, starring Alan Alda; "The Lion in Winter," directed by Anthony Harvey, starring Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole.

Offers a look at the extent of air pollution in Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington caused by the operation of the pulp mills of Potlatch Forest Industries. Information on a report from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare based on environmental survey of the towns; Reaction of state agencies to the efforts of the federal government to address the problem; Health problems suffered by the population because of pollution.

Reports on how the leadership of CIA chief George Tenet enabled the agency to release a white paper on the finding of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in northern Iraq. How the white paper report claimed the discovery of two trailers in northern Iraq that were suspected to be mobile biological-agent production facilities; Consideration of how several agencies found the report to lack reasonable judgement; Comments from engineering experts from the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the State Department's intelligence arm, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), the Federation of American Scientists (FAS); Suggestion that Tenet's desire for recognition from the Oval Office may have influenced his actions.

Comments on the state of labor force in the U.S. Contribution of the changing workforce to the increasing trade deficit; Discrepancy between what the Americans really want and what is being produced in the market; Impact of the decrease in the number of people choosing jobs that require skill and manual labor, such as health care jobs; Implications of shutting down vocational training programs in high schools.

The article discusses the discovery that that "Buz Sawyer" comic strip from the 1950s, which features former U.S. Navy pilot John "Buz" Sawyer battling various American Cold War enemies such as the Soviet Union, was produced through a collaboration between cartoonist Roy Crane and the U.S. government. Crane's personal papers in the Syracuse University Archives are examined, along with pulp literature and propaganda in the U.S. America's foreign relations with Iran and Asia are assessed.

Focuses on the capitalism of newspaper "The Wall Street Journal." Report that the Journal is attracting a secondary, general audience drawn to the paper's fine political, economic and social coverage; Opinion that the Journal is becoming not just the business paper of record, but the definitive newspaper of political economy; Declaration that the Journal today has a total readership of almost seven million; Expansion in its news columns, its staff and its mission; Violation of the unwritten rule that no story ever exceeds fifteen hundred words.

Discusses the case of scientist David Baltimore which is considered the one of the most remarkable cases of scientific misconduct in the U.S. Publication of a Baltimore research paper on gene expression in the periodical "Cell"; Involvement of co-author Dr. Thereza Imanishi-Kari in the fabrication of evidence; Admission by Imanishi-Kari about some of the work cited in the paper; Investigation by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Presents letter to the editor focusing on the moral issues of the U.S. immigration laws.

This article presents information related to refugees. The Hungarian refugees in Vienna, Austria, are living lives that cannot be IBM-carded. Most families are broken up, one or more of the adults living in a camp, the children in boarding schools or in private homes. They make fantastic treks to see each other. A man in a camp near Salzburg travels 400 miles each weekend to see his wife who cooks for an American family in Vienna. Their children are in a school in Lower Austria. He has no job; she has the only income in the family. They are more fortunate than some. The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration has registered 1,898 refugees who are termed "hard-core"; too old, too sick or, for some other reason unable to work and, in most cases, impossible to place. Even those refugees who have skills do not easily find jobs. Although the Austrian economy, at present, is quite firm, it still cannot absorb much outside labor.

This article presents information on different newspapers, read by the people of the U.S. The article also presents an account of headlines and statements, published in these newspapers, regarding a controversy surrounding the students of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the newspaper "San Francisco Chronicle," said that presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson quelled a pushing, pulling mob of Yale students by appealing to their pride as Yale men and Americans." As reader, Francis J. Carr, of Palo Alto, California observes: "The upshot of the whole affair was that apparently the Yale students were in a rather festive mood."

The article presents an exploration into the personality and political profile of the advisor Pat Moynihan to the administration of President Richard Nixon. Moynihan's views on poverty and the political responsibility of the government concerning them are discussed, highlighting comments written in the book "Republican Papers," by Melvin Laird.

The article reports on the attempts of conservatives to cast doubt on the reality of increasing income inequality in the United States. Alan Reynolds has done so in his paper "Has U.S. Income Inequality Really Increased?" and the companion "Wall Street Journal" opinion piece. Reynolds has picked apart the widely praised paper "The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective," by Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, in attempts to complicate the issue.