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The article looks at the use of solitary confinement, or the Special Housing Unit (SHU), by prisons in New York state. It discusses the state and federal policy changes that increased SHU use in New York, which it notes has a high rate of solitary confinement relative to other U.S. states. It notes that solitary confinement is frequently imposed for nonviolent, trivial prisoner offenses. It discusses whether solitary confinement is a form of torture and describes the detrimental psychological effects of the prolonged sensory deprivation and solitude involved.

The article reports that the Heritage Foundation, which celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary beginning next month, has grown into one of the largest and most successful advocates for conservative thinking in Washington. From its unadorned, mud-colored headquarters building two blocks from the Capitol, Heritage provides research to back up the Republican right's drive to abolish what is left of the welfare state. According to Ronald Elving, the political editor of the journal Congressional Quarterly, Heritage is a "pillar" of the Washington political scene.

The article presents information on California's North Coast which looks like some strange and terrible war zone. Stretches of untouched, pre-historic forest speed by-and then, suddenly, great gouged-out patches appear. The formation of Louisiana-Pacific was the result of the anti-trust theory that has governed U.S. economic regulatory activity for much of this century. The federal government's creation of Louisiana-Pacific played out the ongoing compromise between these two ideologies. In the face of antitrust suits, Georgia-Pacific agreed, in 1972, to split off 20 percent of its assets (worth $305 million) to form a new corporation called Louisiana-Pacific.

Reports on the formal launch of National Writers Union in New York City in April 1983. Purpose of the Union; Plans made by the Union to provide members with life and health insurance; Origin of the Union.

Focuses on the stance of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration towards environmental regulations as of November 7, 1981. Efforts of the administration in disabling the Environmental Protection Agency; Impact of pollution control legislation on the economic efficiency and the labor market; Impact of budget reductions on environmental projects; Delay of the implementation of water quality standards; Amendments drafted to the Clean Air Act.