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Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Information on the strike of fifteen hundred members of the Paper Box Makers Union in New York City; Demands made by the union members regarding their wages; Discussion of reviews of the play "Maya"; Analysis of the theme of the play and the concept of "Maya."

Reports that a recent survey of 300 newspaper readers in New York City strongly demonstrates the importance of the press in determining public opinion on the vital issues. Differences in opinion between readers of the journals "News," "Mirror," "Journal-American," readers and those preferring liberal papers; Opposition to an increased social-security program by readers of both the group; Explanation for the attitude of readers towards social-security program; Distribution figures of various newspapers in the city; Analysis of newspaper preferences by occupation of readers; Influence of the press on elections.

Presents information on a girl who was found dead in a New York apartment house. Information on a Philadelphia financier, who was the last person known to have seen the girl alive; Role of press in the spread of the news of mysterious death; Report that newspaper narration of the girl's story discloses one or two characteristics of the modern press in interesting fashion; View it a sensational story that has reached the capitalist papers.

The author comments on the antipathy of the New York Times newspaper towards the New York Yankees baseball team. After New York Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone hit one of the most memorable home runs in the storied history of the franchise, the editors of the New York Post made an embarrassing mistake. The Post's printers accidentally received an editorial written for publication in the event of a Yankee loss to the Boston Red Sox in this year's American League Championship Series. The New York Times, a perennial target of the conservative Post, highlighted the error under the smug headline "Memo to the post's editorial page: it isn't over till it's over." That was a brazen move on the part of the Times. The Times had deliberately published an editorial ten days earlier rooting against the home team in favor of its most hated rival. I understand that the Times is a national newspaper and has aggressively cultivated a readership outside of the tri-state area, where Yankee hatred is practically a religion. But, if the Times' newfound enthusiasm for the Red Sox was simply a craven pander, expect it to backfire. I suspect the paper's antipathy to the Yankees is due to the Yanks being rich and powerful. The Times, with its tradition of skepticism toward money and power, is naturally repulsed.

Focuses on the financial problems faced by New York City. Reasons for the financial crises in the city; Overview of efforts by the government to provide funds for the city; Assessment of the scenario in case of a default by the city; Information on the steps planned by financial regulatory agencies in case of a default by the city; Discussion of the consequences of the financial crisis; View that private investors need only regain sufficient confidence that the city has mastered its own finances; Effect of general inflation on fuel, utility bills, building materials and paper; Creation of the Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC), a special corporation created by the state legislature to avoid a default; Description of the role and functions of the MAC; Report that the banks had a temporary liquidity problem, which would be able to receive extraordinary loans from the federal government; Valuation of securities would be delayed to allow for the market for such securities to stabilize.

Focuses on the underlying biological changes that are becoming dominant in the Nordics and the other races. Publication of a paper in Science on racial differences mental traits by Professor R. S. Woodworth of Columbia University, Columbia; Sampling of races details that immigration has its roots in biological genetics of human beings; Declaration of statistics that reveal modal mental endowment of races; Search for the best samples of Nordics, Alpines or Mediterranean alike; Revelation of the gain of more scientific knowledge about hereditary in the last sixty years.

Focuses on the merger that led to the death of a great daily entitled "The New York World." Sale of the "New York World" holdings to the Scripps-Howard syndicate; Measures taken by New York City editor James W. Barrett to fight against the sell of the daily; Account of the fact that end of this tradition seemed far to outweigh the possibility that many of these men working in the daily, and the families they supported, would soon go hungry.

Comments on the rumors circulating in New York City on the creation of another afternoon daily newspaper. Identification of Ralph McAlister Ingersoll as the publisher with the involvement of editors Ed Stanley and Dashiell Hammett; Assertion on the freedom of the newspaper from any form of control by advertising interests; Impact of latest gadgets and technical knowledge on format, make-up and news treatment; Denial of the reported involvement of businessman Henry R. Luce as financier.

Comments on the activities and financial performance of the "New York Post" newspaper in New York City. Firing of editor Jane Amsterdam by owner Peter Kalikow; Circulation figures and business losses; Key role of the newspaper in local politics.

In this article the author discusses the emergence of sections of newspapers devoted to fashion and the consumption of luxury goods in newspapers, focussing on the "Thursday Styles" section of "The New York Times." The author profiles and criticizes the most prominent writer of that section, Alex Kuczynski. The "Thursday Styles" section over-emphasizes extremely expensive merchandise and the author argues that the section is a vehicle designed to carry advertising aimed at the very wealthy.

Presents reflections on the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Details about an emergency center set up by Cantor Fitzgerald LP for families of its employees; Description of how people were searching for persons missing in the collapse of the World Trade Center; Hope of families that loved ones who were missing were still alive; Reaction of Howard W. Lutnick, chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, to the deaths of his employees.

Focuses the problems of major banks in New York, Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., First National City Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank. Call of bank executives for federal rescue of New York City; Vulnerability of Chase Manhattan to default; Real estate loan of Chase; High level of loan losses on New York banks; Heavy involvement in real estate investment trusts; Risks in possible loss of confidence in banking institutions in New York.

The article reports and comments on news events taking place during the week of September 21, 1938. A number of items are covered including the mistrial of Jimmy Hines who stood accused of conspiracy in New York City, the possible impact of a European war on Spain and the oppression of trade unionists in Nazi Germany.

If Richard Grasso was the obvious villain in last month's upheaval at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair William Donaldson was the unsung hero. After all, Grasso's obscene compensation package might never have come to light if Donaldson had not requested in March that the heads of the country's stock exchanges review their management structures.Early this year, almost immediately after taking the reins from Harvey Pitt--whom the press had roundly vilified for taking a soft approach on Enron and WorldCom--Donaldson began quietly but forcefully reforming the agency and going after a whole range of hitherto-ignored industries. When Bush announced in December that Donaldson would be taking over the SEC, the country's papers and industry observers were almost uniformly skeptical. With Congress's support secure, Donaldson has proceeded to focus on issues that Pitt had largely ignored: corporate governance, stock exchanges, executive compensation, and hedge funds. And, while many saw April's $1.4 billion settlement between the SEC and ten investment banks as insufficient (Senator Charles Grassley called it "half a loaf"), Donaldson made it clear that the deal was only the beginning of reform in the investment community and that more enforcement actions would be forthcoming if the banks didn't imbibe his reform message.

Reports on investigations by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on the alleged link between Douglas LaChance, president of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union of New York and Vicinity, and organized crime. Previous conviction and imprisonment of LaChance; History of publishing industry's link with organized crime; Conviction of publisher Cohen Robert in 1981 for making payments to LaChance; Argument pertaining to alleged extortions, theft and chicanery in the industry.

Discusses of the business of real estate operators who sell at auctions. Investigation of the property purchase business in New York City; Advertisement on the auction land that appeared in the New York papers; Investigation of the results of ten auction sales of building lots held in New York between 1905 and 1913; Condition of relative stagnation in New York land values.

The article discusses the treatment of low-income families of color by the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS). Topics include the confusion of poverty with child neglect, the history of child welfare administration in relation to child protection and family preservation, and the placement of children into foster care.

Assesses the condition of the newspaper industry in New York City. Bets of The New York Post; Circulation of the New York Post; Readers of The Post.

Discusses the controversy surrounding the exhibit "Sensation," at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York City. Comments and action taken by New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; Lawsuit filed against the city by the museum; Details of the exhibit; Pieces which have caused controversy; Criticism of Giuliani and museum director Arnold L. Lehman; Response of the art world to the controversy.

Reviews an exhibition of books and other publications held at the New York Cultural Center in New York City.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Criticism of the U.S. foreign policy with reference to articles by Robert W. Tucker; Insight into the contradiction in the analysis of the Central American turmoil by Robert W. Tucker; Justification regarding the reconstruction of the Beaumont Theater in New York City.

The article focuses on the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Before the arrival of the President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the event, a reading of the prize poem in a nationwide contest was presented. A presentation of essay awards was also conducted. Joseph Pulitzer, a writer, was one of the proponents regarding the erection of the Statue of Liberty, who urged the American people to raise $100,000 for the cause.

Presents information on the convention of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, in New York City, in which the chief attention was devoted to the question of freedom of the press. Hostility of the publishers towards U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration; Information that all the speakers at the convention were men connected, in one way or another, with the newspaper business; Resolutions introduced at the convention; Comments on the speeches by various speakers; Claim that Great Britain and the United States are both capitalist countries, yet they are miles apart in their practices as to freedom of the press and civil rights of the individual.

Presents a conversation between two automobile critics, Mr. Cotter and Mr. Pin, who have just come from the 22nd Annual Automobile Salon in New York. Views on the exhibition; Views on automobiles; Implications on the automobile sector.

Focuses on newspaper coverage of a bomb explosion at a house in New York City. Handling of the investigation by police officers Jerry Murphy and George Terminello; Summary of the incident involving a young Italian man, Peter Picuro; "New York Times" front page story on the explosion; Excerpt from the second paragraph of the "New York Tribune" article on the case.

Features the theatrical production entitled "The Chauve-Souris" at the 49th Street Theater in New York City presented in February 1922. Characters and characterization in the story; Performances; Indications for theater history and the popularity of vaudeville.

Focuses on the results of special Congressional election held in Bronx, New York City. Information on the number of votes obtained by candidates of different political parties; Role of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in the election; Discussion of different political parties in context of the election; Information on the standing of the American Labor Party (ALP) in the election; Comment that things that worry American people are inflation and war.

Presents a letter to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Account of "bond money," or negotiable, noninterest-bearing bonds issued by the government as legal tender in payment for public construction work; Reflection on The Stage Society, New York City that hopes to serve as much as the London Arts Theatre, London, England producing the plays of famous writers; "Terrible Trib's," which focused on the attitude adopted by the unemployed in order to fight the economic slump; Suggestion in signing the Twentieth Century Fund report, which recommends reconsideration of the war debts; Misrepresentation of Hunger March in Washington as the newsreels were condensed and edited in commercial theatres.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in previous issues. Claim that the article "What Happened to Insull," published in the May 4 issue contained several references to the Georgia Power Co. which were inaccurate and misleading; Comments on Granville Hick's review of the book "Flesh Is Heir"; Information that there are over 10,000 unemployed teachers in New York City at the present time; Request to all thinking parents, unemployed and employed teachers, and citizens to support a protest meeting on economic retrenchment in education that will at the Textile High School, under the auspices of the New York Association of Unappointed Teachers and the Unemployed Teachers Association.

Focuses on the financial performance of banking industry in New York City. Failure of banks; Rumors about the performance of banks; Conspiracy regarding the Bank of United States.

Presents the author's views about the cleanliness conditions in various parts of the world. Opinion of the author about conditions in tiny Indian villages, by referring his visit to Mexico; Description of dirty conditions of New York City; Aspirations of the author from Italians for improving the cleanliness in the City; Elegance of the city of Rome in Italy; Possibility of erection of monuments in the New York City.

Reviews the exhibition "Ottocento: 19th Century Italian Painting in American Collections," held in several museums of New York City.

The article discusses the role that derivatives played in the U.S. financial crisis and the failure of the U.S. Congress to regulate derivatives. The insurance corporation American International Group (AIG) lost billions of dollars by using a type of derivative referred to as a credit default swap (CDS). Wall Street corporations have blocked meaningful financial regulations that would protect the U.S. market from major losses due to unregulated transactions involving derivatives.

This article reviews exhibitions "Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and "Renoir in the 20th Century" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This article reviews the exhibitions "Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present," at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, "Skin Fruit," with works from the collection of Greek collector Dakis Joannou at the New Museum in New York City, and "William Kentridge: Five Themes," at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The article reviews the art exhibitions "Bauhaus: 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity," presented at the Museum of Modern Art, and "Kandinsky," presented at the Guggenheim Museum. Both museums are located in New York City.

In this article the author discusses high school, amateur and street basketball as it is played in New York City. It is noted that the city was the center of U.S. basketball development and that its high schools regularly produced players for the National Basketball Association. The author suggests that the sport has lost much of its stature in New York compared with previous eras. Lance Stephenson, a promising high school basketball player, is profiled.

Reflects on the grief of Americans following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Information on the relief work which is in full swing in the U.S.; Ways in which people in Israel mourn, including declaring a day of mourning after the attacks; Information on how grief was expressed by people in Europe; Description of the trauma experienced by Americans; Details about offering of prayers for the deceased.

Reviews the art exhibition "Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Jan. 15 to April 3, 2005.

The article presents the author's assessment of renovations made to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. The re-opening of the Museum of Modern Art is exhilarating and dismaying in almost equal proportions. The museum, which has spent more than $400 million on a renovation and expansion so vast that it amounts to a whole new building, has surely found the right man for the job. Yoshio Taniguchi, MoMA's architect, brings an opulent delicacy to this daunting project. The artists and the museum-goers whom I know want this renovation to work--they want MoMA to shimmer--precisely because so many of them grew up in the Museum of Modern Art and there discovered what excellence was, and now they know how desperate is the need for a place where a new generation can go and grapple with questions of quality. The disjunction between the museum's classic collections and the business that it does in contemporary art is now more pronounced than ever before. With his subtle re-imagining of the Museum of Modern Art, Yoshio Taniguchi has shown us what the monument can look like, but his makeover has also given a new lease on life to the museum's by-now-inveterate status as an aging hipster with some life left in it yet.

Offers a look at journalist Michael Wolff, formerly the author of the "This Media Life" column for "New York" magazine. Role of Wolff as a reporter who exposes the gossip and corruption in New York mass media companies; Report that Wolff won a National Magazine Award in 2002 and 2004 for commentary; Focus of Wolff on national politics from a liberal standpoint; Reference to the book "Autumn of the moguls : my misadventures with the titans, poseurs, and money guys who mastered and messed up big media," by Wolff; Discussion of Wolff's personality; Role of Wolff as a reporter at "Vanity Fair" magazine.

Reviews the art exhibition 'Art of the First Cities,' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Discusses an exhibit of Leonardo Da Vinci's artwork at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Details on 'Leonardo Da Vinci: Master Draftsman' which is at the museum until March 30, 2003; Other paintings which appear at the exhibit.

The 'Matisse Picasso' exhibition has now arrived at the United States Museum of Modern Art after packing in the crowds at Tate Modern in London, England and the Grand Palais in Paris, France. You can see that John Elderfield and Kirk Varnedoe, curators with the Museum of Modern Art, and the four other curators from England and France who collaborated on 'Matisse Picasso' were delighted with their vision of psychodrama among artistic giants. Six curators in search of two artists, a multinational curatorial entity that was in some sense pre-empted by the art historian Yve-Alain Bois, who organized 'Matisse and Picasso,' a show with a very similar theme that made a sour impression at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas in 1999.

Focuses on the progress of an architectural competition for rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York City. The live television and radio coverage of the December press conference, which was held in the recently restored Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, across the street from Ground Zero, allowed the general public a rare opportunity to witness how architects make their pitch.Daniel Libeskind's intense, theatrical proffer quickly cut to the emotional heart of the matter, beginning with his tale of arriving by ship in New York harbor as the son of Holocaust survivors, awed by the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline like generations of grateful immigrants before him. Though all the new Ground Zero proposals in one way or another demarcate the footprints of the Twin Towers, Libeskind's design is by far the most dramatic evocation of the disaster. As could have been foreseen, Norman Foster's scheme was technologically proficient, environmentally sensitive, sleekly finished, structurally logical, and more than a bit cold, a deficiency that he effectively countered with his persuasive presentation. If one predominant theme emerged from the presentations, it was not gardens in the sky or footprints on the ground, but immense--not to say insane--height. Five of the schemes would be taller than the World Trade Center, and four of them, including Libeskind's and Foster's, would become the tallest buildings in the world. The alternative to a gargantuan approach was laid out in the concept advanced by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Other designs.

Reviews the art exhibit "Drawing Now: Eight Propositions," at the Museum of Modern Art in Queens, New York City in January 2003.

Comments on the redevelopment of the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. Interest of the architects to get involved in the redevelopment project; Proposal of architectural designs; Support of former mayor Rudolph Guiliani to the redevelopment plans of the building.

Reviews an art exhibition presented by Gerhard Richter at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City from February to May 2002.

Focuses on the opening of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Comments on architect Thomas Krens' scheme for a Frank Gehry building in lower Manhattan; Discussion of architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien's architecture business; Details of the design of the Museum by Williams and Tsien; Description of the work of exhibition designer Ralph Appelbaum.