1959

Dec. 13	Vance Packard	Status Seeking- An America Disease
Dec. 6	E. Clifton Daniel and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.	The Soviet Union’s Position as a World Power- An Assessment
Nov. 29	Dr. Henry A. Kissinger	The United States’ Position as a World Power- An Assessment
Nov. 22	Dr. Rufus E. Clement	Educational Integration in the South
Nov. 8	Dr. J. B. Rhine	Atoms for Peace
Nov. 8	Dr. J. B. Rhine	What Can Science Do With Psychic Experiences?
Nov. 1	Margaret Mead	Our Low Level of Goodness
Oct. 25	Dore Schary	Reflections and Reminiscences on the Theatre, Movies, and TV
Oct. 18	Harold E. Clancy and James A. Wechsler	Nixon as President: Statesman or Politician?
Oct. 11	Robert Frost	An Evening with Robert Frost
Oct. 4	Averell Harriman	Peace with Russia?
Apr. 26	Paul M. Butler	Human Rights for All Americans
Apr. 19	Ambassador Daniel Chapman	Ghana’s Role in the New Africa
Apr. 12	James B. Carey	The McClellan Committee- Threat or Help to the Labor Movement
Apr. 5	Robert St. John	War and Peace in the Middle East
Mar. 29	Reverand Robert F. Drinan, S.J. and Leo Pfeffer	The Rights of Parents Under Our American Educational System
Mar. 22	Justine Wise Polier and Norman Thomas	Israel’s Immigration Policy as it Affects the Arab States
Mar. 15	Frederic Wertham, M.D.	Psychological Danger Signs in Modern Youth
Mar. 8	Dr. Henry A. Kissinger	Problems of American Foreign Policy
Mar. 1	Ashley Montagu	A Scientist Looks at Love

1958

Dec. 14	Max Lerner	Is American Civilization on the Decline?
Dec. 7	Norman Cousins	The War Against Man
Nov. 30	Edward Bennett Williams	The Supreme Court Under Fire and American Civil Liberties: An Inventory for 1958
Nov. 23	William Worthy	My Trip to Red China
Nov. 16	Linus Pauling	Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War
Nov. 9	Dr. Margaret Mead	Are Americans All Conformists?
Nov. 2	Oscar Handlin and Gerald W. Johnson	Can a Catholic Be Elected President of the United States?
Oct. 26	Robert Frost	An Evening with Robert Frost
Oct. 19	Dr. Henry Steele Commager	The Danger of Nationalism in our Time
Oct. 12	Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.	America’s Future Perils and Promises
Oct. 5	Hanson Baldwin	Dangers from the Middle East and Far East
Apr. 27	Dr. Margaret Mead	Sex Freedom and Responsibility
Apr. 20	Dr. Fredric Wertham	The Uses and Abuses of Psychiatry
Apr. 13	Vance Packard	the Hidden Persuaders
Apr. 6	Arkady A. Sobolev	Peaceful Coexistence between the USSR and the USA
Mar. 30	Harry Schwartz	How Strong in World Communism
Mar. 16	Robert St. John	Explosive Africa- Land of Hope
Mar. 9	Owen Lattimore	America’s Problems in Asia- Old and New
Mar. 2	Roy Wilkinds	Disfranchisement of the Negro and Its Effects on National Policy

1957

Dec. 15	William F. Buckley, Jr. and James A. Wechsler	Can Conservatism Serve America?
Dec. 8	Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam	Fighting Communism with Principle
Dec. 1	Ralph J. Bunche	The UN Peace Effort in the Near East
Nov. 24	John Gates and Granville Hicks	Has U.S. Communism a Future?
Nov. 17	Abba Eban	Alliances in the Middle East
Nov. 10	Robert Frost	An Evening with Robert Frost
Nov. 3	Robert F. Drinan	Divorce in a Materialistic Society
Oct. 27	Max Lerner	Roads of Destiny for America
Oct. 20	James L. O’Dea, Jr. and Dr. Miriam Van Waters	How to Handle Sex Offenders
Oct. 13	Dr. J. B. Rhine	Life After Death?- The Search for Proof
Oct. 6	V.K. Krishna Menon	India and the United Nations
Apr. 28	Aaron Copland	Music in Contemporary Life
Apr. 21	Sidney Hook	The Fifth Amendment- Freedom and Security
Apr. 14	Barlett H. Hayes, Jr., Paul Sample, and Mitchell Siporin	The Public and Modern Art
Apr. 7	Wilbur J. Bender and Dr. J. Paul Mather	Our Crowded Colleges and Your Child’s Future
Mar. 31	Dr. Walter G. Muelder and Elizabeth R. Zetzel, M.D.	Middle Age: Its Problems and Its Challenge
Mar. 24	Dr. Paul J. Tillich	Is There a Real Religious Revival?
Mar. 17	Louis Fischer	Eye-Witness Report 2: Satellites in Revolt
Mar. 10	Henry M. Jackson	Eye-Witness Report 1: The Russian Dilemma

1956

Dec. 23	Joseph C. Harsch	Europe and Middle East Turmoil
Dec. 16	Rudolph Elie, Jr.	Eye-Witness Report: life and Art in Russia
Dec. 9	Santha Rama Rau	India: Ten Years of Independence
Dec. 2	Howard Fast and Norman Thomas	Changes in the Soviet System: Real or Imagined?
Nov. 25	Dr. Robert M. Hutchins	The State of Liberty
Nov. 18	J.B. Rhine	Telepathy, Clairvoyance: Exploring Unknown Powers of the Mind
Nov. 11	Margaret Mead	Women: A Single Look at the Double Standard
Nov. 4	Max Lerner	Who Will Win ‘56?
Oct. 28	Martin Luther King	A Realistic Look at Race Relations
Oct. 21	Gilbert Selds and Irving Howe	Hollywood, Radio, and TV: What Is Our Mass Culture Doing to Us?
Oct. 14	Lawrence H. Fuchs and William E. Mullins	Race and Religion in the Ballot Box
Oct. 7	Drew Pearson	Confidential Washington
Mar. 25	Roy Wilkins	Desegregation: The American Dilemma

1955

Dec. 4

Robert Frost

An Evening of Poetry

1954

Mar. 28

Eleanore Roosevelt

The United States and World Leadership

1953

Mar. 22	Harold Clurman	The Contemporary Scene in the American Theatre
Mar. 15	Scott Nearing and Wilfred May	Can We Do Business with Stalin?
Mar. 8	Dr. Miriam Van Waters
Mar. 1	Leland Stowe	Conquest by Terror
Feb. 22	Walter Reuther	Freedom Must Take the Offensive
Feb. 15	Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam	The American Stake in the Asian Revolution
Feb. 8	McGeorge Bundy and Mark DeWolfe Howe	The Eisenhower Administration- Hopes and Fears
Feb. 1	Thurgood Marshall	Civil Rights and World Peace
Jan. 18	Hans Simons	Domestic Issues Under the New Administration
Jan. 11	Rabbi Israel J. Kazis	What Keeps Judaism Alive?
Jan. 4	Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.	What is the Future of Liberalism

1952

Dec. 13	Vincent Sheean	Asia and the Middle East
Dec. 7	Frederick L. Schuman	Why World War 3 Will Never Be Fought
Nov. 30	Norman Thomas vs. William McGovern	Our Foreign Policy- Right or Wrong?
Nov. 23	Eduard C. Lindeman	Why more People Need More Help
Nov. 16	William L. Shirer	Threats to World Peace: The Problem of Russia and Germany
Nov. 9	Prof. and Mrs. Harry A. Overstreet	Our Basic Psychological Needs
Nov. 2	Max Lerner	Men and Issues in the Election
Apr. 6	Herbert Philbrick	Dishonest Communists vs. Honest Liberals
Mar. 30	Dr. Harold C. Case	American Public Schools Under Attack
Mar. 23	Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld	History and Covenant- America Faces the Future
Mar. 16	Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam	Is Freedom of the Pulpit and of the Classroom in Danger?
Mar. 9	Merryle Stanley Rukeyser vs. Norman Thomas	Is Socialism the Best Answer to Communism?
Mar. 2	Senator Estes Kefauver	Modernizing Congress for a Democratic World
Feb. 24	Judge William H. Hastie	Our Rationalizations of Racism
Feb. 17	Maurice Hindus	Iran and the Middle East: The Coming Battle with Russia
Feb. 10	Leo M. Cherne vs. Scott Nearing	Can Our Democracy Meet the Challenge of Socialism in Europe and Asia?
Feb. 3	Lillian Smith	The Unanswered Question
Jan. 27	Lawrence Dennis vs. J. Raymond Walsh Would Peace Threaten Our Economy
Jan. 20	Jerome Davis vs. John Scott	Is Revolution Inside Russia Possible or Likely?
Jan. 13	Paul H. Douglas	Inflation and the Federal Budget
Jan. 6	Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, U.S.N. vs. Cecil Brown	Are We Really Stopping Russia?

1951

Dec. 16	Houston Peterson vs. Eric Mann	Are We Educating for Today’s Realities?
Dec. 9	Alexander P. DeSeversky	Air Power: Key to Survival
Dec. 2	William L. Shirer	The World Today
Nov. 25	Marguerite “Maggie” Higgins	On the Rim of the Iron Curtain
Nov. 18	Charles Phelps Taft	Moral Foundations of Government
Nov. 11	Robert A. Vogeler	17 Months of Despair
Nov. 4	Max Lerner	The Battle of Ideas
Apr. 15	Dr. Archibald MacLeish	A Faith for Liberals
Apr. 8	Dr. Ralph J. Bunche	The United Nations and the Prospects for Peace
Apr. 1	Abba Eban	Social and Cultural Problems of the Near East
Mar. 25	Prof. Kirtley F. Mather	Civil Liberties in a Time of National Danger
Mar. 18	Leo M. Cherne	Is World War 3 About to Begin?
Mar. 11	Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam	It is American! And It Is Good!
Mar. 4	F. Alexander Magoun	A Look Inside Behavior
Feb. 25	William Henry Chamberlin	How We Lost the Peace
Feb. 18	Harry D. Gideonse	Foreign Policy- Design for Drift?
Feb. 11	Judge William H. Hastie	Uncle Same and His Overseas Possessions
Feb. 4	Prof. O. Glenn Saxon and J. Raymond Walsh	Is a Mixed Economy Good for the Country?
Jan. 28	Eduard C. Lindeman	The Human Welfare State
Jan. 21	Houston Peterson	The Red Herring, the Scapegoat and Other Distractions
Jan. 14	George Hamiliton Combs and Scott Nearing	Can We Avid Boom or Bust Under Our Economy?
Jan. 7	William L. Shirer	Our Struggle for Survival

1950

Dec. 24	Dr. Nicholas Nyaradi	Is Russia Ready for the Final Showdown?
Dec. 17	Dr. Charles Francis Potter	Is Psychology Replacing Theology?
Dec. 10	Dr. Eric Mann and Captain Maurice Witherspoon	Should We Rebuild a Strong Germany?
Dec. 3	M.J. Coldwell, M.P.	The Meaning of Democratic Socialism
Nov. 26	Rabbi Abraham J. Klausner	Religion Without God
Nov. 19	Erwin D. Canham	Is the American Press Really Free?
Nov. 12	Hamilton Fish and Kurt D. Singer	Is there Political Hysteria in America?
Nov. 5	David Bradley	No Place to Hide
Oct. 29	Pres. Leonard Carmichael	Is Reading Old-Fashioned?
Oct. 22	Mortimer J. Adler	The Tragic Nature of Human Happiness
Oct. 15	Max Lerner	A Free Man’s Creed
Apr. 16	Cecil Brown	Crossfire in Europe
Apr. 9	Merle Miller	The Myth that Threatens the World
Apr. 2	James F. Bender	Psychology of Maturity
Mar. 26	Walter White	Color Lin Across the lobe
Mar. 19	John Hayes Holmes	The Heritage of Stephen S. Wise
Mar. 12	Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam	Is the Reunion of the Churches Desirable and Possible?
Mar. 5	John Scott	Freedom or Slavery in Europe
Feb. 26	Maurice Hindus	Communism’s Failure in Europe
Feb. 19	Prof. Kirtley F. Mather	Individual Freedom and National Security
Feb. 12	Bartley C. Crum and Samuel Guy Inman	Internationalization of Jerusalem: Is It Dangerous? Is It Necessary?
Feb. 5	Leo M. Cherne and O. John Rogge	Is American Foreign Policy Best Calculated to Produce Peace?
Jan. 29	Dr. John F. Colin and Dr. Channing Frothingham	Why Should Organized Medicine Oppose Compulsory Health Insurance?
Jan. 22	Louis Fischer	What Can I Do
Jan. 15	Reverend Michael J. Ahern, S.J.	Euthanasia: Is Merciful Release Wrong? “Yes”
Jan. 8	Dr. Charles Francis Potter	Euthanasia: Is Merciful Release Wrong? “No”
Jan. 1	Dr. Murray Banks	How to Build a Happy Life in the Year Ahead