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Why whine about our increasing class segregation? Let's end it What really bothers liberals about American society? Is it that William Gates, the 35-year-old founder of a computer software company, [...]

Discusses the planned replacement of the Great Society with a conservative vision of the welfare state in order to break the culture of poverty in the U.S. Culture of the largely urban ghettos; Theory that welfare sustains the underclass; Plans of the largest states to apply workfare precepts to their entire caseloads; Lack of the practical difference between mandatory work programs and voluntary programs.

Contends that U.S. President Bill Clinton made a mistake by pushing for health care reform instead of welfare reform during his term. Admission made by Clinton's chief of staff on the necessity of welfare reform over health reform; Promises made by Clinton about welfare reform during his 1992 campaign; Values involved in the welfare issue; Provisions of the Republican-endorsed bill, Personal Responsibility Act; Suggestions for the administration of Clinton on tackling the issue of welfare reform.

Focuses on Children's Defense Fund (CDF), a lobbying organization in the U.S., which is recognized for keeping accurate statistics on children, founded by Marian Wright Edelman. Manifestation of CDF's influence during President Ronald Reagan administration while defending programs such as Head Start and the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program against Republican assault; Speculation about advantages to CDF's with its association with First Lady Hillary Clinton, a former CDF staff attorney who also served as the organization's chairperson; Three propositions that tend to corrupt a necessary dialogue about poverty and the family; Attempts of Edelman to give the fight against black poverty the same right/wrong cast as the fight for civil rights.

Focuses on Robert Reich who is leader of the economic transition team of U.S. President-elect Bill Clinton. Description of Clinton in a book written by Robert E. Levin; Report that Reich would be a leading candidate for a top economic policy job in any Democratic session; Comment on Reich's controversial position at the Kennedy School; Statement that the government had to join with American businesses and labor unions to fashion explicit agreements to restructure American industry.

Analyzes the likely outcome of implementation of economic plans announced by U.S. Presidential candidate Bill Clinton in case he wins the presidential elections, by presenting a hypothetical situation in future. Impact of the VAT policy on the popularity of Clinton; Campaign proposals which Clinton is likely to stick to if he is elected; Staff cuts proposed by congressmen who Clinton thought would support him; Progress made by Clinton against the big Democratic interest groups; Ways in which Clinton handled the health care crisis; Impact of a budget crisis on the political career of Clinton.

POTUS SPEAKS: Finding the Words that Defined the Clinton Presidency by Michael Waldman Simon & Schuster, $25.00 Clintonese Clinton's new language for the presidency THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO REASONS [...]

Comments on the debate over how to reform the welfare system in the U.S. Debate over regulations designed to elaborate on the intent of the U.S. Congress when passing a bill on welfare reform; Perceptions on welfare reform as educating and training welfare mothers so they can get jobs; Implications on public welfare.

Describes an emerging form of social activism in the U.S. that focus on celebrities. Susceptibility of Americans to vague demonstrations of pride under corporate sponsorship; Information on events of celebrity fundraising; Comparison of the power of celebrities and politicians.

Focuses on the Writers Guild of America (WGA) with reference to the professional fee of the U.S. television and motion pictures' screenwriters. Comment that today's screenwriters seem less tortured and more forthrightly mercenary; View that the Guild seems immune to most of the familiar complaints about unions; Comparison of the WGA's work rules with Hollywood's technical unions.

The article comments on the campaign mounted by California's conservatives to unseat several justices from the state Supreme Court, particularly Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird. The belief of Bird is considered an extreme form of an ideology called Liberal Legalism, which chief concern is the fear of an arbitrary government action. Her decisions were not biased or unfair but were built upon fairness and legal rationality.

Discusses the efforts of U.S. President Bill Clinton to draft a welfare reform proposal in 1994. Reason behind his decision to exclude welfare reform from his five-year budget plan; Status of the research on the feasibility of a welfare reform initiative being conducted by a task force created by the administration; Challenges posed by the inclusion of welfare reform in the federal budget; Difference between welfare reform and healthcare reform.

Comments on the priority being given by U.S. public officials to the prevalence of illegitimate children over problems regarding the welfare policy of the nation as of 1994. Intellectuals who supported the position of writer Charles Murray on the problem posed by illegitimacy; Reason behind the decision of conservatives to withdraw their support for the welfare reform of President Bill Clinton; Percentage of white children who are illegitimate.

Comments on U.S. President Bill Clinton's security plan. Clinton's speeches detailing his administration's security goals; Kinds of security identified in Clinton's plan; Differences between Clinton's security priorities with those of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Reasons for labeling Clinton's plan as his New Deal; Problems in Clinton's security plan that need to be addressed

Discusses U.S. presidential candidate Bill Clinton's plan on welfare reforms. Aim of the Clinton plan to empower people on welfare with the education, training and child care they need for up to two years; Observation that previous attempts to reform welfare and make welfare recipients work have failed; Information on the federal government's main welfare program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Discussion on Clinton's Project Success program which is a Family Support Act effort.

Comments on the views of James Pinkerton, policy planner and director of opposition research for the Bush-Quayle political campaign on the covenant speech made by political candidate, Bill Clinton. Discussion about political and personal relations between Pinkerton and Clinton; Views of Pinkerton's on the decentralization of a centralized bureaucracy; Mention of issues on the bureaucratic welfare state, domestic policy and education; Information that members of congress have introduced eight other apprenticeship or worker-training packages.

Presents a guide to potential Democratic speechwriters. Overview of how speeches for presidential campaigns are made; Gathering of statistics to support the "message" of a speech; Relevant statistics that could be used in political speeches, such as the average earnings in America and the number of American children who are in danger of starving; Popular idea of a so-called black underclass.

Several responses to a letter to the editor by Michael C. Sloan, a college graduate in English Literature, seeking career-related advice in the June 15, 1986 issue are presented.