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Presents information on California with reference to the earthquake that struck California. Details regarding the intensity of the earthquake; Description of the book "Fugitive Essays," by Alfred A. Knopf; Opinion of American philosopher Josiah Royce about California as depicted in his books; Geographical description of California and its capital city.

Presents a profile of journalist Joseph Alsop. Failure to recognize his stature and seriousness; Information that he was one of the two or three dominant figures in a period when the nationally syndicated political column came into its own; Focus on the supreme quality of his journalism; Testimony in defense of many State Department officials accused of treason and his allegiance to the state of Israel; Mention of his gregariousness, delight, humor, and his wonderful range of historical and literary allusion.

Presents comments of the author on various socio-political issues related to the United States. Alleged involvement of the Internal Revenue Service in cases of bribery and corruption; Amount received by William I. Taylor, former Republican state chairman in Florida, from developers in the Department of Housing and Urban Development scandal; Criticism against President George Bush's attempts to amend the Constitution to deter desecration of the American flag by people.

Focuses on various political issues related to the U.S. Information on the Uniform Time Act in the country; Opposition of conservative Robert Taft to war and armaments; Exemption given to Arizona and parts of Indiana from the Uniform Time Act; Excuse of an energy crisis encouraged government to reimpose year-long daylight saving.

Reports on several events in the U.S. Disapproval of the nuns at Discalced Carmelites of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel against the introduction of modern comforts to the cloistered life; Criticism toward the advertising campaign of paper supplier Weyerhauser Co.; Assessment of the global news headlines.

Presents the author's comments on the launch of great books program in the U.S. and the problem of smoking. Indifference to the quality of students' reading skills; Selection of textbooks based on the curriculum design; Concerns about the form of literature; Gratification of the author on the work of two British researchers showing that heavy smokers should not give up smoking since the walls of their lungs are held together by tar and nicotine.

Presents information on the moral responsibility of Great Britain to create a Jewish state in Palestine. Discussion of the causes of anti-Semitic riots; Reasons for stopping the Jewish immigration into Palestine; Focus on the connection between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism.

Focuses on a bar opened by a gentlemen Herbert White in Washington D.C., to which he hoped to attract various artists, performing artists and writers who have so enlivened this city over the last decades. Narration of the author's experience in the bar one night when he was sitting with one of his novelist friend; Description of people attending the bar; Narration of the people employed in the bar.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Views on the review of the book "Hermit of Peking"; Details of an alleged quotation against U.S. President Gerald Ford; Issues concerning the Electoral College and voter registration in Cook County, Illinois; Reference to the article "Vivat Regina".

This article reports on the Bevanism, a political movement by Aneurin Bevan, a member of Labor Party. When Bevan and 56 other Labor Members of Parliament first voted against their party's line on defense in April, 1952, they included among their number such an odd collection of pacifists, Independent Labor Partyers, discontents, fellow-travellers, nineteenth-century rationalists, fiery Radicals, Christian Socialists, disappointed office-seekers, and two wives thrown in for good measure, that they were immediately and inevitably christened the 57 Varieties. Bevan has never accepted his membership of the proletariat, which is what distinguishes him from others of his generation who endured the same conditions in the mining valleys of South Wales.

An excerpt of the essay "Camelot Revisited" in the January 1973 issue of "Harper's Magazine" is presented on how the general American philosophy was affected by the Kennedy political family and the administration of president John F. Kennedy.

Discusses the concept of modern urban life in the U.S. as an effort either to simulate rural life or to compensate for its loss by artificial means. Separation of work and home, family and church in modern cities; Implications of the way business establishments are moving out into the suburbs; Description of the modern office building.