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Features the life and works of U.S. author and critic Dwight Macdonald. Comparison with of his political stance with that of celebrity author George Orwell; Educational and career background; Education in politics; Positions on culture and art.

This article focuses on the life and works of journalist Dwight Macdonald in the U.S. He ventured into the world of business after his graduation at Yale University. From political journalism, he shifted to cultural criticism. He served as a commentator on political and cultural matters. He also worked for "The New Yorker" and "Partisan Review" magazines.

This article focuses on the life and works of humanist and socialist Irving Howe in the U.S. and the many achievements of Howe as well as the many contributions to the study of Yiddish literature and Jewish immigrant history. Details are given on the books written by Howe.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Need to change the United States' drug policy; Results of a report documenting that almost one in four black men in their twenties are under the control of criminal justice system; Western Europe's development of transnational institutions; Flaw in the form of democracy in the U.S.; Paul Berman's review of the book "The Politics of Literary Reputation: The Making and Claiming of St. George Orwell," by John Rodden.

The article features the historian John Lukacs. Lukacs was born into a bourgeois family in Hungary in 1924 and was raised in a Catholic faith. He served in a labor battalion in the Hungarian army during World War II because of his Jewish background. It says that unlike most reactionaries he has never revolted against the bourgeoisie. His confidence in his gifts extends to the conviction that he can and he will emerge victorious in the end.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "No More Orwells," by Chilton Williamson in the March 2012 issue.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the short prose of London author George Orwell entitled "A Hanging." He says that there is a scholarly consesus that the prose was an autobiographically based essay wherein Orwell used fictional techniques and his imagination to transform a real-life events into a work of art. Moreover, he notes that the 80th anniversary of the essay's appearance should prick Americans' conscience as capital punishment remains a regular part of American life.

Recalls the end of the Berlin Wall, which separates East Germany from West Germany, in November 1989. How the wall began; How the West Germans call the wall; Number of citizens the German Democratic Republic lost since 1945.

Presents John Rodden's letter to the editor regarding Joseph Sobran's review of his book 'The Politics of Literary Reputation' in the June 30, 1989 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented including one on the difference between professional and un-professional behavior in university governance, "Thanks Very Much for Coming: You Shall Be Rewarded" in the September 10, 2009 issue and "1984: It's coming" in the September 3, 2009 issue.