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The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of April 24, 1971. U.S. foreign economic and political relations with China are discussed in detail. The forced closings of domestic paper mills due to Federal anti-pollution standards are reviewed. The State Department's foreign training programs for police methods and anti-communism is described.

The article looks at the role of the U.S. Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the 2013 exposure of the U.S. government's clandestine electronic surveillance of corporations and citizens. Topics include how many of the OLC's opinions violate constitutional principles, the OLC's views toward the president's war powers and the treatment of those who reveal state secrets, and the need for the public to hold the government accountable for its unwarranted surveillance activities.

This article reports on the U.S. presidential campaign of Arizona Governor Bill Richardson. Richardson's relying on his vast foreign policy and diplomatic experience to separate himself from the other Democratic candidates. However, the author wonders if his speaking style and lack of recognition can be overcome.

Cites several grounds, which clarify that gold can't be accepted as a standard medium of exchange in the modern world. Argument that a gold standard is an arbitrary, but completely effective, method of limiting the amount of currency in circulation; Gold policy of U.S. ex-President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Claim of the U.S. Congress that gold clauses in financial dealings were invalid as contrary to public policy and inconsistent with the new monetary system; Argument pertaining to the fixed supply of gold in the U.S.; Production of gold coins by several countries to tap the amateur market; Use of selling gold by the U.S. government as a way of narrowing the federal budget deficit.

Discusses the U.S. bombings during the war in Vietnam. Views of critics on the Vietnam bombings; Factors responsible for the U.S. decision to bomb Vietnam; Views of Pentagon analysts; U.S. government's attitude regarding the future of South Vietnam.

The author discusses relationship and reported attacks made by U.S. President Donald Trump against news media outlets. Topics explored include the treatment received by news organizations particularly journalists from Trump, the violence against journalists at political rallies, and the significant increase in leak investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) during the administration of Trump.

Focuses on several newspapers published in the U.S. Comments on the people who have funded for the newspaper "Washington Times"; Discussion of Warren Adler, founder of the newspaper "Dossier"; Reasons for the popularity of the newspaper "Washington Times" in the U.S.; Circulation of the newspaper "The News World" in the U.S.; Comparison of the "Washington Times" with any other conservative newspaper in the U.S.

Discusses the revelation of duplicity and cynicism in the making of the economic policy of the United States government headed by President Ronald Reagan in the periodical "The Atlantic Monthly." Information on the policy makers' knowledge that supply-side economics would never work; Executive David Stockman's discovery that the Reagan program would produce the highest peacetime deficits in history; View that the magical aura that surrounded supply-side economics has been erased for good, but this does not necessarily mean that the Democratic Party automatically will profit; Statement that Democrats need a better economic program to undo the injustices Reagan has wrought, and the best Democratic program always has been one that is democratic.

Provides an insight into the issue of whether the diaries or private writings of Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski can be considered as public property in the U.S. Conflict with the ten amendments in the U.S. Bill of Rights; Views on the issue of reasonableness in reading a man's diary; State of Kaczynski's constitutional case.

Analyzes documents on the existence of Iraqi nuclear, biological and chemical weapons during the 1991 Gulf War. Speculations about the nuclear and chemical weapons program of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Factors considered by the U.S. military in its decision not to bomb major Iraqi arms plants; Impact of the release low-level biological weapons agents on U.S. service members.

Examines the relationship of the U.S. press controlled by whites with its African American readers in 1965. Roles played by the press in the race situation in the country; Ideas and values advanced by the press to its African American readers; Rights and privileges that has yet to be awarded to African Americans; Significance of the press in preparing the society for the social change brought by the changing socio-political conditions of African Americans.

Focuses on the financial support provided by the Institute for Educational Affairs' (IEA) for operating university newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. Categories of student papers supported by the Institute; Philosophy behind the financial grants; Comments of IEA president Leslie Lenkowsky that the foundation will be emphasising improved journalism and making more of the papers self-sustaining; Influence of conservatives on articles published in these journals; Training programs organized for conservative journalists; Articles on conservative youth culture published in the journal "Observer"; Categories of student papers published in the journals.

Discusses various aspects related to presidential papers in the U.S. and how former President Richard Nixon might benefit from it. Lawsuit filed by Nixon against the U.S. government in which he demanded that it pay him for the estimated 42 million pages of Nixon presidential papers it holds at the National Archives; Market value of Nixon's papers; Discussion on the legal status of presidential papers throughout the ages; Reasons why Nixon is exempt from the clause that all presidential papers, starting with Ronald Reagan, are the property of the government in the first place; Significance of the Watergate scandal in the control exercised by Nixon over his presidential papers and the Watergate tapes.

Focuses on the formation of monopolies in the newspaper industry in the U.S. Acquisition of the "Louisville Courier-Journal" and the journal "Times" by Gannett Newspapers Inc. for $305 million; Acquisition of newspaper "The Baltimore Sun" and two television stations by Times Mirror Co. for $600 million; Trend among U.S. capitalists to pursue monopoly; Improvement of the stock prices of newspaper publishers; Use of the profits from newspapers with small circulations to buy bigger papers by Gannett.

Focuses on the Social Security reform bill of United States President George W. Bush. Report that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas criticized the Social Security reforms; Praise for former House Ways and Means Committee chairmen Wilbur Mills and Dan Rostenkowski; Report that Thomas won the award for "brainiest" as well as "meanest" in "Washingtonian" magazine's 2004 "Best and Worst of Congress" awards; Reaction of Thomas to Bush's 2001 tax cut; Role of Thomas in the passing of a Medicare prescription-drug bill in 2003.

Focuses on a conflict between the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and the Missouri House of Representatives. Editorial in the Post Dispatch that criticised the representatives for using state-funded health insurance while voting for cuts in the state's Medicaid budget; Bill passed soon afterward that eliminates tax breaks for newspapers; Claim by the House that the bill was not an act of retribution, but an attempt to close corporate tax loopholes; Battle with Democratic Governor Bob Holden to protect other tax loopholes.

Focuses on the efforts of Indiana Congressman Dan Burton to procure internal memos related to the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Invocation of executive privilege by the administration of President George W. Bush in order to protect documents related to the U.S. Department of Justice; Reluctance shown by Bush administration to release the memos related to the Boston Federal Bureau of Investigation fiasco, in which a corrupt relationship between federal agents and mobsters, resulted in the framing of an innocent man, Joseph Salvati; Opinion that Bush's secrecy edicts could ultimately lead to a showdown with Burton and other erstwhile allies in the Congressional Republicans.

Presents information on features of the Freedom of Information Act. Statement that the foreign governments fear the undermining of privileged communications; Reference to changes proposed by Federal Bureau of Investigation director, William Webster in the Freedom of Information Act; Information that the Federal Communications Commission had been monitoring Temple communications between Guyana and San Francisco; Argument that under the Freedom of Information Act, the government was required to segregate specific documents relating to a specific criminal charge and release all other materials.

Focuses on the conflict between U.S. President George Bush administration and the Congress regarding the defense budget. Recommendation of the Bush administration to reduce the nation's military budget over five years; Proposal of Representative Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee regarding reduction in the military budget; Criticism of Aspin's threat-based analysis; Information on General Colin Powell's National Military Strategy report.

Presents information on the political conditions in the United States. Comments on attributes of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration; Reference to the budget produced by the budget director, David Stockman; Comment on the hearings held by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress regarding the impact of Reagan programs on the poor; Statement of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities regarding income and unemployment; Information regarding Reagan's tax changes.

Offers a look at the extent of air pollution in Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington caused by the operation of the pulp mills of Potlatch Forest Industries. Information on a report from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare based on environmental survey of the towns; Reaction of state agencies to the efforts of the federal government to address the problem; Health problems suffered by the population because of pollution.

Reports on how the leadership of CIA chief George Tenet enabled the agency to release a white paper on the finding of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in northern Iraq. How the white paper report claimed the discovery of two trailers in northern Iraq that were suspected to be mobile biological-agent production facilities; Consideration of how several agencies found the report to lack reasonable judgement; Comments from engineering experts from the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the State Department's intelligence arm, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), the Federation of American Scientists (FAS); Suggestion that Tenet's desire for recognition from the Oval Office may have influenced his actions.

Comments on the state of labor force in the U.S. Contribution of the changing workforce to the increasing trade deficit; Discrepancy between what the Americans really want and what is being produced in the market; Impact of the decrease in the number of people choosing jobs that require skill and manual labor, such as health care jobs; Implications of shutting down vocational training programs in high schools.

Discusses the case of scientist David Baltimore which is considered the one of the most remarkable cases of scientific misconduct in the U.S. Publication of a Baltimore research paper on gene expression in the periodical "Cell"; Involvement of co-author Dr. Thereza Imanishi-Kari in the fabrication of evidence; Admission by Imanishi-Kari about some of the work cited in the paper; Investigation by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

This article presents information on different newspapers, read by the people of the U.S. The article also presents an account of headlines and statements, published in these newspapers, regarding a controversy surrounding the students of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the newspaper "San Francisco Chronicle," said that presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson quelled a pushing, pulling mob of Yale students by appealing to their pride as Yale men and Americans." As reader, Francis J. Carr, of Palo Alto, California observes: "The upshot of the whole affair was that apparently the Yale students were in a rather festive mood."

The article presents an exploration into the personality and political profile of the advisor Pat Moynihan to the administration of President Richard Nixon. Moynihan's views on poverty and the political responsibility of the government concerning them are discussed, highlighting comments written in the book "Republican Papers," by Melvin Laird.

Interviews Jim Wallis, an evangelical activist who wrote the book "God's Politics" and is an editor for the journal "Sojourners." Report that Wallis criticizes progressives for handing over moral and religious issues to the religious right; Use of moral and religious issues by the right for their partisan agenda; Efforts of Christian liberals to change the public perception of what it means to be a Christian; Connection between evangelical religion and conservative politics in the United States; Reference to a paper titled "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility," produced by the National Association for Evangelicals and its vice president of governmental affairs, Rich Cizik; Focus of conservatives on opposing abortion and gay marriage, issues that have more to do with changing someone else's behavior than one's own; Reference to the book "True Believer," by Eric Hoffer; Reference to the book "Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism," by George Marsden; Reference to the book "Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America," by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith.

Focuses on the taxation of the income of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Announcement that Nixon would pay the taxes he owed to Internal Revenue Service and the Senate-House Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation on his income during the first four years of his presidency; Information about the gross income of the president during that period; Details of deductions for a gift of his pre-presidential papers to the National Archives; Information about the valuation of donated papers by a professional appraiser.

Presents the investigation of taxes by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Overstatement made by the Nixon; Discussion of the donation of papers with former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson; Efforts of the Congress to close the tax loophole that allowed for the donating of deductible papers; Overview on the investigation; Estimation of the amount of possible deduction on tax returns of Nixon for four year, 1969 to 1972.

Focuses on grand jury system investigating the leakage of secret documents from the U.S. Department of Defense. People accused of duplicating the Pentagon papers; Provisions related to secrecy of proceedings in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; Information that because Lynda Sinay, the woman who had allegedly helped duplicate the Pentagon Papers, testified before the grand jury, is free from possible prosecution.

The article discusses the immutability of social classes in the U.S. The quasi-official division of the population into the economic classes, high-, middle-, and low-income groups, misses the point because as a class indicator the source of money is almost as significant as the amount. The Out-of-Sight classes at top and bottom have several things in common including it is given its money, they are literally all but invisible, and their anxiety to keep their names out of the papers. Social class is defined less by bare income than by constraints, insecurities, habits and attitudes.

Focuses on the role of the American press and issues related to freedom of information in the United States. Confusion about its role in the political sector; Root of the weakness of the press; Issues related to the publication of Pentagon Papers, a public document in different newspapers in the country; Views of the author on the American tradition of muckraking journalism, which is also called investigative reporting; Discussion on the coverage of foreign affairs by the press.

Focuses on the treatment of the U.S. government over the impoverished and neglected American Indians with emphasis on their claims in Maine. Discussion on the past and present activities related to a claim for some 10 million acres of land made by Indians of Maine which is owned by big paper companies; Difficulties associated with bringing the tribes and the state at an amicable settlement; Citation of efforts of non-Indian lawyer Tom Tureen in achieving the successes for Indians in the case.

The article questions the leadership ability of U.S. Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan. He was perceived to be the dominant force in economic policy-making. An article in the February 21, 1990 issue of the "New York Times" reported that Greenspan had said that the U.S. economy's slide may have ended. The same day after such remarks, interest rates soared. But the paper's business section did not attribute the incident to Greenspan. Bond dealers blamed concern that rising interest rates overseas would increase the cost of borrowing in the U.S. One reason for believing that the Federal power has diminished is the free flow of money across national borders, seeking the highest rate of return.

Reflects on the author's experience working as the literary editor of the periodical. Insights about the arguments and doctrines of the American liberal democracy as promoted by the periodical; View of the author regarding the division in the periodical; Conflict between editors Bruce Bliven and Edmund Wilson; Efforts of the author to break the periodical's division by publishing papers to honor the centenary of William and Henry James; Recollection of his most significant contribution to the periodical.

Presents information on criminal fraud committed by Ralph G. Newman, the appraiser of U.S. President Richard Nixon once tax-deductible gift of vice presidential papers. Change of statements by Newman; Investigation of the matter by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service; Reasons given by Newman for his earlier misstatements; Statement by Newman that he had reviewed his files and his activities pertaining to the Nixon gift.

Focuses on the implication of the disclosed Pentagon papers, which have been maneuvered by intelligence officer Daniel Ellsberg, for the administration of President Richard Nixon and the national security issues in the U.S. Opinion that pro-Democratic federal bureaucrats hostile to President Richard Nixon would be tempted to imitate Ellsberg and slip newsmen potentially embarrassing tips on domestic and national security policies; Views expressed by various politicians that this has been attempt to seal off any leaky spots in the government; Confirmation on future disclosures following the Ellsberg precedent; Impact of the administration's response on the Watergate investigation.

The article presents news briefs for the week of March 13, 1965. Particular attention is given to the domestic and foreign policies of the U.S. Article topics include the U.S. State Department's White Paper on the Vietnam War, the United States dedication to fighting Communism, as well as discussion on a U.S. housing program which would provide jobs for Americans and aid those in need of home.

Examines the factors causing the closure of the daily newspapers in the U.S. Conspiracy of the publishers for greater mutual profit; Role of the advertisers in the publications; Claim that 75 to 80 percent of the total cost of delivery of a newspaper is paid for by advertisers who purchase white space in the paper at rates based largely on circulation.

This article presents news including foreign trade bill that was discussed during United States President John F. Kennedy's State of the Union address, other factors discussed in Kennedy's address, which reflects his 1961 pattern of relations with the U.S. Congress, and several hundred journalists in Los Angeles, California, who lost their newspaper jobs when two downtown papers went out of business.

The article is a continuing part of papers on the life of U.S. politician Richard M. Nixon. It was August 1945 and World War II was ending and for the first time in six years Republicans dared turn their attention from the instant peril of Fascism toward the object of their first hatred the New Deal. At that moment, still in the uniform of a lieutenant commander, Nixon was handling contract termination work for the Navy in Baltimore. After joining politics Nixon had the good fortune to learn in his first campaign that there was a trick to winning elections.

The article focuses on a biography on U.S. President Richard M. Nixon by William Costello. When the editors of journal "The New Republic," asked Costello more than a year ago to undertake a definitive study of the Nixon record, they were not in search of pumpkin papers. Many of the particulars were already in print, but the full story had yet to be presented Costello, a Washington political reporter, is a respected veteran in all news media. Although his wide-ranging review of the Nixon career begins at the beginning with boyhood struggles and includes what is perhaps the first complete factual account of his record in Congress and the Vice Presidency, the focus is on Nixon as campaigner

Presents information on political and social developments in the world with emphasis on political and social developments in the U.S. Information on decision of writer and artist Eugene Victor Thaw to join the editorial staff of the periodical; Scarcity of toothpaste and toilet papers in Nicaragua; Statement that the depoliticization of toilet paper, making its use obsolete and superfluous, would strongly contribute to the relaxation of national tensions; Elimination of toilet paper from the national struggle would be a great step toward the reconciliation of the Nicaraguan family; Reference to the article "What a Meese!" that was published in the January 21 issue of the periodical; Discussion of the article "Washington Wire" related to taxation in the U.S. that was published in the January 30, 1950 issue of the periodical.

The article discusses the ways in which Americans' ideas about wealth, class, and business impact opinions of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney and other politicians. It particularly examines Americans' thoughts on Romney's time working for the financial services and asset management company Bain Capital. The author comments on Romney's run for U.S. Senate against Massachusetts incumbent Ted Kennedy in 1994, reflecting on indictments of Bain Capital made by former employees of the Marion, Indiana-based company SCM Office Supplies, which was taken over by the Bain Capital-owned company Pad & Paper (AmPad).

Presents information about the Democratic Party and the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) with reference to the paper "The Politics of Evasion," by U.S. Vice President Al Gore's policy advisor Elaine Kamarck. Depiction of Gore as antithetical to the DLC; Gore's plan to focus on labor unions, feminists, African Americans and other minority groups in his campaign; Contrast in views of DLC with that of Gore.

Comments on the political contributions of Eugene C. Pulliam, press magnate and grandfather of Republican Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle in the U.S. Campaign of Pulliam for freedom of expression; Theme on the newspapers of Pulliam; Conservative movement initiated by Pulliam; Report that Pulliam's Indianapolis papers were among the first media outlets to track down the story of his National Guard recruitment.

Presents the text of the paper presented by philosopher and militant deconstructionist P.J. O'Rourke during the 1987 Second Thoughts Conference sponsored by the National Forum Foundation in the U.S. which deals on the 1960 Western civilization. Narration of the incident that led the author to have second thoughts; Belief of the author on things that can be proven by reason and by experiment.

Suggests that Pulitzer Prize for journalism recipient Loren Jenkins from the "Washington Post," may not be deserving of the distinction. Background on the award that Jenkins shared with "New York Times" reporter Thomas L. Friedman; Details on Jenkins' winning piece on Lebanon; Composition of the paper's team that preceded Jenkins in Lebanon, including Nora Boustany, David Ottaway, William Branigan, William Claiborne, Edward Cody and Jonathan Randall; Contrast between the character and quality of reportage in the "New York Times" and the "Washington Post"; Speculations behind the management's decision to offer Jenkin's work for the award.

Reports on setbacks faced by the right of privacy in the U.S. Supreme Court this year. Decisions in the Court that affected the extent to which individuals are able to control access to information about themselves; Discussion of the Constitution's protection of privacy by the provision in the Fourth Amendment; Declaration by the constitution that people have the right to be secured in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures; Protection of privacy by the dual requirement that there be probable cause before a search is made and that the proof in hands of the potential searchers be evaluated by a judge before the search is undertaken.

The author reflects on the extent of corruption in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. A report entitled the "White Paper on Drug Abuse," by the staff of the Domestic Council is examined. The findings from the U.S. Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations about the agency is detailed. Philip Manuel, an investigator for the Jackson subcommittee, suggests that many of the problems in the organization could be resolved if all drug enforcement were put under one departmental boss.