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Focuses on the economic concentration of controls of the U.S. economy in a handful of corporations. View that academic economists do not hold up much faith in planning and believe that universal competition is still there; Discussion on a paper by Gardiner C. Means, published in the March number of the journal "The American Economic Review" that refutes the assumption that universal competition still exists; Findings of the paper that only two hundred corporations control a major chunk of the assets and income of corporations in the U.S.; Fact that these corporations are growing at a faster rate than the medium-sized and little ones; Causes of this growth; View that domination of market by only a handful of corporations implies the absence of the concept of universal competition; Areas of economic activities not showing the signs of economic concentration of control in a few business enterprises; Failure of planning authorities to check this economic concentration of control; Ways legal controls are being executed including the steps in relation to restraint of trade; Discussion of steps required to be taken to infuse the economic system of the U.S. with the spirit of competition.

Offers observations on a meeting of reporters called by one of the richest industrialists in the U.S. Manee Mints at his home in Palm Beach, Florida. Criticism of reports undertaken by the newspapers regarding his life and the life of his wife; Declaration made by Mints on the guilt of society reporters on the type of gossip they report to the newspapers; Instructions to the reporters by Manee to stop using his name and that of his wife until the period of depression ends; Concerns in the newspaper circle regarding the stand taken by Mints.

Comments on political situation in the United States prior to the mid-term elections. Loss in confidence and courage shown by Republicans, noting a potential loss in control of the House of Representatives; Information on factors that have strengthened Democrats' claims of House control; Position of President Herbert Clark Hoover in the run-up to the election; Prediction made by C. Coolidge of Massachusetts; Position taken by anti-Hoover politicians; Apprehensions of the Democratic party over Montana Senator Thomas J. Walsh; Speculation about presidential candidates in 1932 to challenge Hoover.

Presents information on the lack of leadership qualities in scientists in the U.S. Reference of an incident that occurred at the international conference of agricultural economists at Cornell university, New York; Paper read by an English delegate, with Oxford behind him, which contained no figures and no practical details; View of the delegate that agricultural economists have not devoted to questions of policy the same keen and critical attention which they have devoted to questions of fact and theory; Claim that the scientific specialists by and large, do not know literature, philosophy, painting, music or poetry; Lack of English writing skills of the scientists; Lack of knowledge of the related sciences;.

Focuses on the disparity in the prices of books from publishing houses in the U.S. Inauguration of the policy of issuing new paper-bound books in large editions; Elimination of the marginal elements from the business of making and distributing books; Unit costs of books manufactured in vast editions.

The article discusses how nobody likes Washington. Even before it was built, Thomas Tredwell, an anti- Federalist New York state senator, called it a "political hive, where all the drones in the society are to be collected to feed on the honey of the land." Treasury Secretary Oliver Wolcott Jr. wrote in 1800 that "most of the inhabitants are low people, whose appearance indicates vice and intemperance."

The article discusses that graduates of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges announced the first-ever student debt strike, a group of those activists traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with federal regulators. They'd been invited by Rohit Chopra, the student loan ombudsperson of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency that had opened its doors.

In this article the author discusses income inequality in the United States. The central focus of the article is a paper on the subject by Will Wilkinson, of the Cato Institute a research foundation, in which he contends that material and financial differences between the wealthy and the poor are of no consequence. The author is critical of that assertion.

The article discusses the consequences of the punitive juvenile justice system which emerged from violence in Denver, Colorado in 1993. The African American youth in the city were the most affected by the system that sent children into adult prisons. It describes the period as a nonstop crime coverage of drug wars, gangs, gunfire and juvenile violence during the year. Also noted is the similarity of the stance of the 1993 media and the 2021 media to an increase in violent crimes.

This section gives grades to Democratic presidential candidates for their conduct during the campaign. Joe Lieberman: "C" for general likeability. For a Republican, John McCain has quite a following among Democrats--especially those running for president. But now Joe Lieberman has taken his McCain identification to a whole new level: He's making it the centerpiece of his New Hampshire primary strategy. Last week, the Lieberman campaign unveiled a new TV ad touting endorsements from seven Granite State independents who voted for McCain in New Hampshire's 2000 Republican primary. But there's something a little desperate about Lieberman's latest attempt to ride McCain's coattails. Dick Gephardt: "D" for intellectual honesty. Lately, Gephardt has taken the attacks too far, accusing Dean of compassionless budget-cutting. Some of these details are technically correct, but Dean's overall record when it comes to health care generally, and Medicaid specifically, is about as good as it gets in U.S. politics these days. Howard Dean: "D" for intellectual honesty. For all his outspokenness, there are some things that Howard Dean apparently doesn't want to talk about. Before he left office last January, the Vermont governor stuck a ten-year seal on his public papers and correspondence, sending them to a warehouse in a remote part of the state.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Alexander Star's comments about microfilm in the article "The Paper Pusher"; Andrew Sullivan's argument for the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana in the article "Enjoy"; Yossi Klein Halevi's attack of Peace Now's campaign for a freeze on Israeli settlement construction; Ouster of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

The author discusses a March 2009 meeting with economist Larry Summers, director of the U.S. White House National Economic Council, and Summers' explanation of the U.S. financial crisis. The author realizes that Summers is supporting U.S. President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, but wonders if Summers shouldn't be let loose, and allowed to follow in the direction of his economic knowledge. The article provides a history of Summer's development as an economist and administration member.

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.

Interviews Jim Wallis, an evangelical activist who wrote the book "God's Politics" and is an editor for the journal "Sojourners." Report that Wallis criticizes progressives for handing over moral and religious issues to the religious right; Use of moral and religious issues by the right for their partisan agenda; Efforts of Christian liberals to change the public perception of what it means to be a Christian; Connection between evangelical religion and conservative politics in the United States; Reference to a paper titled "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility," produced by the National Association for Evangelicals and its vice president of governmental affairs, Rich Cizik; Focus of conservatives on opposing abortion and gay marriage, issues that have more to do with changing someone else's behavior than one's own; Reference to the book "True Believer," by Eric Hoffer; Reference to the book "Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism," by George Marsden; Reference to the book "Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America," by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith.

Offers observations on the United States Federal Reserve Board's policies on deflation. Suggestion the Federal reserve may be ignoring the risk of inflation; Possibility that deflation is not a risk; Criticism of its policies as a means by which inflation may occur; Reasons for the decline in certain kinds of prices, including increased productivity and excess capacity arising from investments; Economic implications of its policies.

Offers observations on the influence of liberal politicians over United States military policies during a period of imminent war against Iraq. The day before the president's address, the world received what should have been the final word on that process in the form of a report by chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix. Blix's verdict is positively devastating in its characterization of Iraqi unwillingness to accept disarmament. So we now have reached the conditions under which, according to the standards once urged by most liberals, the United States must disarm Iraq by force. Yet the moderate, respectable opponents of the war--those who claimed they would favor military action if other steps failed--remain, for the most part, unmoved. The editorials of The New York Times are a good showcase of the intellectual incoherence of the liberal war critics. The most curious feature of moderate anti-war sentiment, at the Times and elsewhere, is its refusal to engage with the central question: Would Iraq, if permitted to rebuild its nuclear, biological, and chemical arsenal, pose a threat to the United States?

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.

Presents news briefs related to current political events involving the U.S. as of November 17, 1997. Information on the China policy of the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton; Decision of "Washington Post" ombudsman Geneva Overholser to castigate her own paper for putting an unflattering photograph of the 15-year old African American girl Kyisha Whitico on the front page; Publication of new works by members of the "New Republic," including "Real Politics: At the Center of Everyday Life," by Jean Bethke Elshtain.

Considers a discrimination lawsuit filed by African American employees against senior executives of Texaco Inc. Move of journalist Kurt Eichenwald to feature the case in "The New York Times" news paper; Statement from Eichenwald that senior executives of Texaco Inc. had bantered among themselves in an August 1994 meeting, planning the destruction of documents crucial to the Federal discrimination lawsuit filed by African American employees; Details of a claim that Texaco executives Richard A. Lundwall and Robert Ulrich had been recorded uttering racial epithets.

Comments on political developments in the United States and abroad. Media coverage of the Senate hearings on the issue of Supreme Court nominations which the author likens to a circus; Television advertisement produced by L. Brent Bozell III of the Media Research Center which attacked Democratic senators for moral lapses in connection with the hearings; Allegations by the lobby group People for the American Way against Justice Clarence Thomas for trips he took as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; White paper issued by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan devoted to proving that its fence-sitting in the Gulf crisis was in fact support for the winning side.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in earlier issues of the journal. Argument against the claim of Jeffrey L. Pasley, founder of the student newspaper "Carleton Observer," that the paper is not conservative; Comment on the article "Viva Bilingualism," by James Fallows; Criticism of the article "Owe, No!" which focused on social security for older people in the U.S.

The article discusses the possible effects of the increasing number of violent crimes to the efforts to advance criminal justice reform in the U.S. Also cited are the claim by the New York Police Department (NYPD) that the reform initiative was the cause of violence, the increase in homicide in the country in 2020 despite the COVID-19 lockdowns, and the opinions by criminologists like Philip Goodman, Joshua Page, and Michelle Phelps on the issues.

The article explores the implication of failure to protect voting rights in the U.S. in light of approval of legislation restricting voting in 2021. Topics discussed include the prohibition of drive-through voting and restriction of early voting hours under the omnibus election integrity bill in Texas, tendency of such laws to discourage voting according to attorney Joaquin Gonzalez, and the ability of the proposed For the People Act to counter the Republican efforts to restrict voting rights.

Focuses on the demise of the "New York Herald-Tribune" newspaper in the U.S. in 1966. Background of the newspaper; Reputation of the newspaper; Factors that contributed to the newspaper's demise; Increase in the newspaper's daily circulation in 1960; Possible impact of its merger with the "Journal American."

Focuses on developments related to economics and politics. Dow-Jones average of industrial stocks; Ratio of stock prices to yields; New York Stock Market paper values; Urgency of unemployment and unused plant capacity; Reasons for stock market decline; Attention given to Canadian elections; Clamor from labor leaders and advice from academic economists; Importance of stock market correction.

Focuses on the tension between the U.S. news media and the U.S. Administration. Verdict of the U.S. Administration on the Pentagon Papers case; Reason for the tension between the U.S. Administration and the news media; Attitude of the U.S. media towards a self-reform process; Resistance of the news media to self-reform.

Comments on the influence of advertiser on the news columns of the United States press. Link between the advertiser and the news editor; Interest of the Philadelphia papers in profiteering to give their readers news of warrants issued, even when the offender was an obscure party.

Presents several letters to the editor. Excerpt of a letter from an army nurse in the Philippines about the emotions of soldiers fighting in the World War II; Praise of the special supplement of the November 27, 1945 issue of the journal on prosperity and how to achieve it; Specifications for dinnerware for a believer in modern design; Requests for letters, papers and documents related to U.S. labor leader Eugene Victor Debs.

Presents a discussion over current state of politics in the U.S., evaluating several political candidates, specially for the coming Presidential elections. Evaluation of candidacy of John Davis and Robert M. La Follette for Presidential nomination; Criticism over the decline of President Calvin Coolidge's administration, concerning issues of oil scandals and the case of bribery against attorney general Harry M. Daugherty; Discussion over the issue of rivalry between Democratic candidates for the nomination; Arguments in favor of Democrat Charley Bryan.

The article presents information on the book "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," edited by Julian P. Boyd. The book constitutes an historical series without parallel about U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson's 18,000 letters, and more than 25,000 letters to him, will constitute forty of the chronological volumes projected. About ten additional volumes projected in this series will be devoted to important special writings of Jefferson on law, architecture, farm and garden, wine and cookery and the massive edifice will have two large volumes of index.

This article focuses on the political issues in the U.S. Impact of the partnership between Republican William Howard Taft and Presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower on Republicans. Information on five to eight-column headlines on Eisenhower's expected political moves, published in all newspapers; Details of the political events published in the journals "Chronicle," and "Examiner"; Discussion of the speech by the U.S. General at the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee in Philadelphia.

This article focuses on the book "The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand," edited by Irving Dilliard. Judge Learned Hand belongs to the great American tradition. Within him are reflected the ideals, the aspirations and the emotions which characterize the democratic, humane instincts of a free society. He possesses knowledge, wisdom, compassion, but most of all, he possesses the ability to question his own first principles, to search out the truth wherever it may seem to lead. The legal profession has long recognized these virtues in Judge Hand. Learned Hand's background was one imbued with the hard work of understanding the nature of mankind. At

Focuses on the influence of the newspaper "Milwaukee Journal" on U.S. politician Joseph R. McCarthy. Comments on the interpersonal relations of journalist Dion Henderson with McCarthy; Statement that McCarthy was obsessed with newspapers when, after his attacks inevitably turned against the administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he found himself relegated to the back pages; Suggestion on the story written by Henderson on McCarthy.

The article presents information about the election of Edmund S. Muskie as the governor by the people of Maine. The extent to which the pine-paper, water power and shoe-textile manufacturing interests control Maine is extreme and persuaded the legislature to repeal the Fernald Law which for 45 years prohibited the transportation out of Maine of electrical power. Republican control of the legislature blocked some of liberal proposals, but he did obtain a 75 cent minimum wage law, utility rate regulation changes and the substitution of an income tax for the regressive sales tax.

Presents a letter to the editor about Communists in organized groups in the United States.

The article reports on the popularity of Superman, a story of a superhero in the form of syndicated comic strip, in the U.S. The comic strip is featured in the pulp-paper magazine "Action Comics" as well as in some newspapers. Due to the enthusiastic responses of readers to the comic strip, Superman has surpassed long established classics such as Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, and Popeye.

Presents quotes from various publications related to political and social events that took place around the world. Report from a full-page advertisement in the periodical "The Manchester Guardian Weekly" on keeping nerves in wartime; News item from Ottawa, Ontario in the newspaper "The New York Times" that Canadian air training is now getting into full swing; Information on an editorial in the newspaper "The Melrose Free Press" that Congressmen are all for economy when it hits some district other than their own, and all for spending when their constituents are to be the beneficiaries; Report from a Federal Trade Commission release that Scott Paper Co., in the sale of Waldorf Brand tissue, agrees to desist from representations to the effect that all products, which are sold in competition with the brand contain splinters, rough or thin spots, dirt or other defects.

Focuses on an incident of a Negro boxing aspirant Buddy Killer Smith with the editor of the "Harlem" weekly. Report that Smith asked the editor for a newspaper clip in which he outpointed boxer Angelo Zivis in ten rounds; Report that the aim for getting that clip was to get entry to a fight in which smith would have earned 20 dollars; Failure of Smith and his sister to get the clip; Reason given by his sister that with earned money from the fight they will go to their cousins' place in Richmond, Virginia, to get a job for Smith; Information on the letter written by the editor; Report that the editor kept the newspaper "The New York Times," clipping stating that Smith was knocked out by Willie Redmond in the first round of a scheduled four-round prelim.

Focuses on the influence of newspapers on the society. Statement that the good old elective system by which a reader could choose a journal suited to his taste has curtailed; Claim that the survival of the fittest operates in journalism just as in other fields; View that to a considerable extent the general public has been extremely short-sighted in not being more active in protecting its own vital interest in a free and varied press; Significance of adequate newspaper coverage; Opinion that the reader should make sure he's right by obtaining first-hand factual information through representatives of his own choosing, and then by all means be should go ahead; Reflection of the rising tide of concentration in journalistic power.

Presents the nominees to the U.S. Federal Power Commission. William V. King; Charles F. Russell; George Otis Smith.

Argues that the advantages of using computers in health care services outweigh the fears of civil rights advocates that it would infringe on the privacy of patients. Description of the computer system used at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah; Assertion that U.S. medical system, using a national medical database, will collapse under the weight of patient distrust; Overview of stories about the misuse of computerized medical information.

The article reports on the proposals to cancel student loan debt in the U.S., which stands at over 1.7 trillion dollars as of May 2021. Also cited are the support shown by President Joe Biden on the plan, the art exhibition project of Professor Thomas Gokey of Syracuse University to pay his debt, and the campaign by the group Debt Collective for full debt cancellation.

The article describes post-viral illnesses experienced by as many as half or more of those who survive COVID-19 in the U.S. These include persistent fatigue, short breath, and the vague cognitive issue known as brain fog. The challenge for the health care system, which has to wrestle with a new chronic condition playing out on a massive scale even after the pandemic is contained, is discussed.

The article presents a reprint of a story by Susanne K. Langer which appears in the February 1, 1922 issue of the journal and addresses how many European immigrants who were seeking refuge from places such as Serbia were deported after arriving at Ellis Island in New York. The concept of the U.S. as the Promised Land for immigrants who have sold their belongings and homes in their native countries is examined, along with passports and immigration quotes in America.

The article discusses U.S. Freshman Democratic representatives. Freshmen democrats are still trying to win over their constituents after gaining the congressional majority. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCC) is requiring 24 freshmen to raise between $600,000 and $1million. Some ousted Republican congressmen have filed papers to try and get their seats back.

Focuses on the reply of Allen Weinstein on the review of his book "Prejury" about the Alger Hiss case by Victor Navasky, editor of the journal "The Nation," in the April 8, 1978 issue of the journal. View that the Hiss case continues to obscure the more complex truths about American Communism and anti-Communism; Report that Navasky claims to be arguing not that Hiss is innocent, but that the evidence from Weinstein and others are insufficient to establish that he is guilty; View that all of Navasky's challenges concern only two subjects--the existence of a Communist underground in the United States, and communist Whittaker Chambers' participation in it.

Focuses on the treatment of the U.S. government over the impoverished and neglected American Indians with emphasis on their claims in Maine. Discussion on the past and present activities related to a claim for some 10 million acres of land made by Indians of Maine which is owned by big paper companies; Difficulties associated with bringing the tribes and the state at an amicable settlement; Citation of efforts of non-Indian lawyer Tom Tureen in achieving the successes for Indians in the case.

Presents information on constitutional rights in the U.S. Collision of constitutional rights in a publicized case that relates to mass murder committed in mid-October in Sutherland, Nebraska in 1975; Conflict related to the issue whether newspapers should print confessions or otherwise inflame potential jurors; Discussion of the guidelines announced by the a committee of lawyers and media representatives; Information on a ban on the reporting of the exact nature of the limitations of publicity; Description of a case related to the constitutional rights; Reference to the article "Blackmun Backs a Curb on Press in Nebraska Case" that was published in a previous issue of the periodical "The New York Times"; Decision that the only parties over whom the district court had jurisdiction were the newspapers and media representatives who voluntarily intervened in the criminal case.

Presents several unpublished letters of the late poet, playwright and historian Edmund Wilson in the U.S. Authorship of books dealing with the development of modern conception of history; Participation in academic discussion; Career history; Achievements; Notes on names mentioned in the letters; Contributions to the literary credit of America; Books written by Wilson; Editorial position of Wilson in a periodical.

Focuses on the crisis at the Wall Street capital market. Comment on former U.S. President Richard Nixon's policy of high interest rates; Information that between 7500 and 9000 stock issues are actively traded over the counter, roughly four times more issues than are traded on the New York Exchange; Description of the impact of collapse of stock prices; Information about safeguards which can save people from economic consequences that flow from the liquidation of the capital markets.