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Vol. 052 Issue 005 (May 1 1988)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
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MEMO from the Editor Ozone Something peculiar happened at The Progressive in the summer of 1975. Suddenly we began receiving insertion orders from one of the leading advertising agencies in New...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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LETTERS to the Editor Readers Respond to 'Cult of Personality' Your comments about Jesse Jackson's Presidential campaign ("Cult of Personality," Comment, April issue) were ridiculous and smack of...
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COMMENT
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Comment One of President Reagan's advisers, quoted in The New Republic on the dispatch of 82d Airborne troops to Honduras: 'If I were a Sandinista soldier and saw those American planes, I'd have...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Read Before Eating Associated Press report in The New York Times: "The Government is sending messages in tortilla packages to remind illegal aliens about the deadline to apply for...
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REFLECTIONS
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Wachtel, Paul L.
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REFLECTIONS Paul L. Wachtel Better than Growth In 1958, when the United States was widely hailed as "the affluent society," 9.5 per cent of American households had air conditioning, about 4 per...
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DATELINES
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Juffer, Jane; Koeppel, Barbara; Kroeber, Arthur R.; Davidson, Osha
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DATE LINES Sanctuary Crackdown Nabs Reporter ALBUQUERQUE The story of two women from El Salvador seeking sanctuary in the United States for their unborn babies seemed important to free-lance...
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POOR HEALTH
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Webb, Gary S.
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POOR HEALTH For patients on welfare, there are no rules against lousy care BY GARY S. WEBB Any day now, tens of thousands of mothers in Dayton, Ohio, may lose the right to choose who will...
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BOB DOLE PASSES THE HAT
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Stern, Philip M.
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Bob Dole Passes the Hat And PACs are eager to fill it BY PHILIP M. STERN Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas has no illusions about what political action committees expect from a candidate when...
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LABOR'S LOST LEVER
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Mattera, Philip
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Labor's lost Lever BY PHILIP MATTERA The organizing drive at a Reeves Brothers foam plant in Cornelius, North Carolina, was running up against the usual problems: Management was taking a hard...
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A TICKET TO RIDE
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Cook, Timothy M.
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A TICKET TO RIDE BY TIMOTHY M. COOK The scene and the song look and sound like the civil-rights movement of the 1960s. "We will ride, we will ride With the strength of truth And justice on our...
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SMALL FAVORS
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Ivins, Molly
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SMALL FAVORS Molly Ivins Coming Up Roses Seems clear to me our national political life is taking a distinct turn for the better. ¶ The war in Nicaragua is over. ¶ Oliver North's been...
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BOOKS
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Galbraith, James K.
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BOOKS Private Politics, Public Money SECRETS OF THE TEMPLE by William Greider Simon and Schuster. 798 pp. $24.95. by James K. Galbraith In the contests over economic decisionmaking in America,...
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THE LAST WORD
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Holstein, Elaine
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THE LAST WORD Elaine Holstein Anniversary At a few minutes past noon on May 4, I will once again observe an anniversary—an anniversary that marks not only the most tragic event of my life but...
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