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Discusses the author's coverage of the drug crisis in the United States for a magazine. Comments on what irresponsible drug stories had done to other magazines; Information on the drug abuse trends in the United States; Suggestion that various publications have overplayed the drug problem in the United States; Popularity of marijuana in the United States.

Few people imagined the events of the past two years: case after spectacular case of alleged and actual occurrences of fraud that have shaken not only the financial industry and [...]

Compares the political administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former President Jimmy Carter. Logical approach to foreign policy; Advocacy of Reagan and Carter for arms control; Statement that Carter's presidency was being favorably reconsidered by the media; Views of Reagan on the presidency of Carter; Difference in approaches of both the Presidents in dealing with Iran; Opinion that Carter practiced the policy of not dealing with terrorists that Reagan only preaches; Information that Carter oversaw the deregulation in the airline, banking, railroad, trucking and oil industries; Imposition of a grain embargo on the Soviet Union by Carter; Condemnation of this move by Reagan.

The US government's two agencies in charge of investigating defense contract fraud, the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Inspector General's staff of the Department of Defense, have recently increased fraud detection efforts. Eight areas where audits or allegations of fraud are most likely to occur are: labor charging, defective pricing, improper overhead charging, spare parts pricing, gratuities, product substitution, employee conflict of interest, and progress billing. Techniques are discussed for preventing these problems from occurring within an organization.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for performing the exercise for the solo work "Never Having Written a Note for Percussion," by James Tenney, on the snare drum.

Reports on the study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences on teenage pregnancy in the U.S. Debate on how to reduce the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States; Distribution of contraceptives in public schools; Effects of teenage pregnancy on young lives; Information on the Hopkins-run birth-control clinic, located across the street from one school and nearby another, reduced the pregnancy rate in the schools it served by 30 percent while pregnancy rates in control schools soared 58 percent.

Focuses on contributions made by the Boston, Massachusetts-based foundation Haymarket People's Fund, towards social welfare in the United States. Information on the foundation's origin; Amount of money donated annually by various foundations for social causes; Statement made by Haymarket's founder George Pillsbury on how the foundation works.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "A Critic at Large," by Adam Gopnik in the November 29, 2010 issue, "The First Kitchen," by Laura Shapiro in the November 22, 2010 issue and "Down Under," by Jane Kramer in the November 22, 2010 issue.

Highlights the Deloitte & Touche Long Island Technology Fast 50 Awards in Long Island, New York. Measurement of growth by comparing 2002 revenues to 1998 revenues; Addition of a category of honorees dubbed the Fast 50 Technology Gold Circle; Total revenue of the Fast 50 companies.