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Comments on several issues relevant to American politics and society in 1990. Act of moral cowardice and vicious hatred charged against the Dartmouth Review; Clarification that Newt Gingrich's critical remarks in a memorandum quoted in "The Washington Times," in October 1990 issue were not aimed at Democrats participating in the budget talks in the country; Evidence that the editors of the paper included the Hitler quotation intentionally.

The article discusses the issue of lead contamination in the drinking water supply in Benton Harbor, Michigan and whether the funding allocated by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration under laws like the infrastructure bill can help address the issue. Also cited are how the poorest residents are the most affected by the crisis, the similar issue faced in cities across the country as per report by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Reports on key controversies surrounding politics and finance in the U.S. in 1992. Adoption of the political practice in the U.S Congress; Discussion on a survey of city finances and management; Analysis of headlines in major newspapers published in the U.S.; Mention about the details about the publication of the book "Anna Freud: The Dream of Psychoanalysis," by Robert Coles; Fascination of public by the folkways of what remains of the Italianate Mafia;

Focuses on former Governor of Arizona Bruce Babbitt and his election campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. Comparison of his chance of winning the Democratic nomination with other candidates; Efforts made by him to improve and strengthen his campaigning style; Details about his political career; Promises made by him during campaigns regarding tax planning; Information on a set of proposals for spurring productivity by promoting equity; Achievements as a governor; Family background.

Focuses on the use of taxing power to achieve a redistribution of income in the U.S. Debate on the philosophical and ethical foundations of redistribution; Information on a conflict between liberty and equality; Comment on the two components of the notion of democracy; Reasons for the operation of the iron law of oligarchy; Reports that the sale of labor and other assets, and the use of resources by the government takes the form of diverting income and wealth out of public.

Discusses the various criticisms thrown at United States Defense Secretary Richard Cheney by the opposition for his defense budget proposal. Amount reserved for the country's defense as agreed upon by Cheney, budget director Richard Darman and President George Bush; Primary argument used by Cheney to justify the amount that he proposed for the defense budget; Accusation that Cheney had put the defense budget in political free fall, making it vulnerable to legislative cuts, by not building a strategic rationale for his budget in speeches and briefings; Career history of Cheney and why a lot of politicians respect him.

Focuses on the economic conditions in the Soviet Union under President Mikhail Gorbachev. Effect of Soviet government's deficit spending on its economy; Effect of debt and credit on economic growth of the Soviet Union; Efforts of Gorbachev to counter the economic problem; Announcement of a major new wave of Western loans and credits by the Soviet Union; Comments on the plans to devalue the ruble.

Focuses on the plans of presidential candidates addressing federal budget deficit. Proposals of U.S. President George Bush; Tax reform by Michael Dukakis, Governor of New York; Explosion of research on tax compliance; Report that the Internal Revenue Service estimates that the federal income tax gap is between $73 billion and $87 billion for 1988; Statement that the cumulative present value of past evasion is the appropriate measure of its burden because, for a given level of spending, the common man has to make up the difference, either with increased federal debt or increased taxes.

Probes Republican activist Danford L. Sawyer Jr.'s revamping of the Government Printing Office (G.P.O.) of the U.S. Appointment of Sawyer by President Ronald Reagan in 1982; Background on Sawyer's disdain for "federal bureaucracy"; details of Sawyer's schemes to cut costs and increase sales; Incidents showing Lawyer's defiance of authority and insubordination; Antagonism that developed between Sawyer and his subordinates in the G.P.O.; Background on the printing operations at the G.P.O and how it was able to remain competitive with private printers; Criticism that Sawyer's moves was necessitated by his ideological fervor than by financial concerns; Insights on the real nature of Sawyer's job at the G.P.O.

Comments on key issues pertaining to public policy on Social Security and Medicare in the U.S. under the administration of President George W. Bush. Proposals on the use of Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance surpluses to reduce the country's external debt; Public spending policy; Indications of politics and government.

Reports on the aggressive attempts of the United States political reform organization Public Campaign to alter methods of campaign spending. Support of the Clean Money plan under which the United States government would offer candidates full public financing in exchange for the candidate's agreement not to raise private funds; Opposition from reform stalwarts like the Common Cause organization; Early success and effects of Clean Election laws.

Expresses discontent on the administration of Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry in 1997. Extent of the fiscal crisis facing the city; Pathology of Washington's political class; Evidence of Barry's use of the threat of mob violence; Context of Barry's cling to power and delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton's reversal on his mayoral powers.

The article comments on the decline of libraries since the 1970s. It assessed the impact of budget cuts on library purchases. The author argues that the new focus on popular entertainment books and videos was believed to increase circulation. This essay also assessed the negative consequences of the decline of libraries for the serious reader and researchers. It was believed that the decline of public libraries started in the 1970s largely as a response to severe budget cutbacks in the budget approved by the U.S. government.

Argues that the government's monetary and fiscal policy aimed at restoring growth tend to be too cautious during economic crises. Description of an imagined economic scenario in the U.S. in 1985 which assumes that Vice-President Walter Mondale has been elected president; Similarities between the economic policy implemented by President Franklin Roosevelt's Administration after World War II with that of the imagined action that Mondale would make in 1985; Call on the government to move decisively in stimulating the economy's growth and to learn the lessons from the Great Depression of the 1930s and 1940s.

Focuses on the developments that have taken place in the U.S. Congress. Comments on the Criminal Code Reform Act which has been before Congress since 1966; Discussion of the changes in the budget made by a newly elected president; Endorsement of the wide-ranging bill by the Senate Judiciary Committee; Comments on the modernization of the criminal code.

Analyzes the economic situation in the U.S. after the completion of the first year of the term of President Ronald Reagan. Problems faced by Reagan due to an unbalanced budget; Information on the behind-the-scenes struggle in the White House between supply-siders and mainstream conservative economic thinkers; Contradiction in views of William Niskanen, a member of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Reagan, on the economic situation; Denials issued by Reagan on various issues; Questions raised on the competence of the administration; Support shown in various public opinion polls on Reagan's personality and motives.

Presents information regarding political development taking place in the U.S. Comment on the renunciation of the fourth term of Governorship of Massachusetts by Michael Dukakis; Information that the Massachusetts state budget now faces a deficit of some $650 million; Opinion of the author on the political environment in the state of Massachusetts; Information that Brookline, Massachusetts, delivers huge majorities to liberal Democrats for state legislature, Congress, Senate, etc.

Presents information on the budget deficit faced by the U.S. administration under the leadership of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Demand by President Reagan for a Presidential line-item veto; Information on the fact that the Congress has happily gone along with most of Reagan's cuts in programs for the poor; Opinion of Reagan that the current deficits are due to the fault of big spenders in the Congress; View that the line-item veto, which probably would require a constitutional amendment, isn't a bad idea.

Focuses on taxation system of the U.S. Adoption of the Value Added Tax by the Common Market countries; Reports that the U.S. is the only nation where the President submits a budget to the legislature; Information on the federal income tax that may bring in $300 billion out of $625 billion combined budget receipts; Comment that U.S. President Ronald Reagan pushes for higher defense expenditures and lower income taxes.

Focuses on the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Report that Reagan cut federal expenditures, mostly in programs for the poor; Comments of legislators on the flexibility of the administration; Information on Reagan's Caribbean speech to the Organization of American States; Complaint of illegal immigration by governors; Advantages of cooperating with Mexico and the third world; Information on the growing problem of unemployment in the U.S.

Focuses on the proposal of increasing revenue by initiating cuts in taxes in the U.S. during 1984 budget balance. Requirement of the proposal of sacrifice by people of lower and middle incomes; Demonstration of trade unions and a couple of hundred activist groups to vent their anger; Decrease in the voters since last year; Reports that the president proposed cuts in the federal budget of $48.6 billion.