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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.

Examines the factors causing the closure of the daily newspapers in the U.S. Conspiracy of the publishers for greater mutual profit; Role of the advertisers in the publications; Claim that 75 to 80 percent of the total cost of delivery of a newspaper is paid for by advertisers who purchase white space in the paper at rates based largely on circulation.

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.

This article focuses on the paper-back, quality books. It is no secret that the American book business is going through a fundamental change of life, with its ultimate personality still in doubt. There will be at least seven companies publishing the best kind of modern books, in paper editions, at prices ranging from $.65 to $1.95. Before examining the manner in which this healthy division of paperback publishing got under way in America, it is impossible, and downright unfair, to avoid mentioning England's Penguin books.

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

The article provides information about executives of paper industry, who have been making government policies on the production of newsprint, have been called to account by a Congressional committee investigating monopoly. Wood pulp is now officially classified as a "scarce material, vital to meeting defense production goals." The National Production Authority lists wood pulp, along with iron and steel, aluminum and other vital metals, as a critical item because it is a "key raw material for paper, paperboard, rayon cellophane, explosives and thousands of end products necessary for both the defense program and important non-military uses."

Presents a letter to the editor commenting on Congressional voting on the Esch-Cummins Railway legislation and on the shortage of printing paper in the United States.

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.

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.

Presents the problem of unemployment in the U.S. that has taken a form of a giant monster with the advent of the age of electricity. Dawn of the new environment of the Power age with the eclipse of the Machine age; Replacement of steam hoists run by the workers to the electric mine elevators because of the obvious advantages in safety, speed and better control; Eruption of problems in various industries like the paper industry as workers got maimed by the hot rolls and gnawing gears.

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.

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.

Presents a letter to the editor on the shortage of papers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Deals with the problem of Internet plagiarism faced by universities and colleges in the U.S. resulting from the increase in the number of term-paper Web sites. Examples of Web sites that enable students to purchase ready-made term papers on a wide variety of subjects; Implication of the increase in term-paper sites for the incidences of cheating; Charges filed by Boston University against several companies offering term-paper Web sites in October 2004; Claims of the proprietors of the sites on their term-paper services.

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.

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.

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.

Presents information on a scandal in newsprint industry. Establishment of a Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee, comprising of publishers, managing editors and general managers of major papers all around the U.S.; Issuance of the Printing and Publishing General Limitation Order L-240, by the War Production Board (WPB); Order restricting newspapers to 100 percent of their newsprint use of 1941, which would have been a cut of about 10 percent of 1942 figures; Influence of the shortage of pulp on the newsprint cuts; Recommendation by the Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee for curtailments running upto five percent of 1941's consumption for the largest papers; Impact of these cuts on circulations of small and medium dailies; Opinion of Republicans and a few reactionary Democrats that the newsprint cut was an elaborate attempt to destroy press; Investigation into the newsprint curtailment; Allegations on WPB for deliberately imposing the curtailments for purposes of censorship; Suggestions of curtailing the advertisers space to reduce wastage of paper.

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.

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.

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.

Presents information on the paper industry in the U.S. Benefit of paper industry by technological advances made by the Herty Laboratories and the Forest Products Laboratory of the United States Forest Service; Suitability of the Southern pine for pulping; Importance of maintaining a continuous supply of wood for the proper functioning of the paper industry; Protection of Southern forests from fire; Demand for improving the fire protection and forest-management practices to protect the second-growth pine stands of the South; Information on the varieties of pines being grown in South; Role of pulpwood industries in the economic prosperity of the South.

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.

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.