1980s
1989
Nov. 30 Elizabeth Keeley Sexual Abuse of Children: A Growing Epidemic or A Growing Awareness? Nov. 12 Henry Kendall and Claudine Schneider Global Warming: What Can We Do About the Greenhouse Effect? Nov. 9 J.Jackson Walter Keeping America’s Heritage Alive Nov. 5 Herbert Benson How to Counteract the Harmful Effects of Stress: The Relaxation Response Oct. 19 Pei Minxin, Shen Tong, Din Xueliang, and Yasheng Huang The Future of the Democratic Reform Movement in China Oct. 15 Paul Szep Satire: The Ungentle Art May 18 Neil Sheehan Vietnam: How Could this War have Happened? May 14 American Civil Liberties Union First Amendment Award and Address May 4 Philip Johnston and Marc Roberts What Do We Do When the Money Runs Out: State Financing of Extraordinary Health Care Apr. 23 Leonard Peikoff Certainty and Happiness: Achieving Success in Thought and Action Apr. 16 Mitchell Kapor What’s So Personal About Personal Computers? Apr. 13 John Chancellor Kinder and Gentler or Tougher and Stronger? Apr. 6 Ellen Hume and Linda Wertheimer Covering the Presidential Campaign: Lessons for 1992 Mar. 30 Mamphela Ramphele What the U.S. Should Know About South Africa
1988
Nov. 17 Liz Carpenter Surviving Half a Century of American Politics Nov. 10 Barney Frank and Warren Rudman Election 88: A Review and Forecast Nov. 6 Philip Agee Dirty Work: The CIA in Central America and the World Nov. 4 Mubarak Awad The Palestinian Struggle for Human Rights Oct. 30 Robert Reich and Barry Bluestone Beyond Reaganomics: America’s Role in the New Global Economy Oct. 27 Arthur Liman Contragate: The Story Behind the Scenes Oct. 20 Eileen McNamara and Hiller Zobel Who Judges the Judges? Oct. 16 Ann F. Lewis Inside the Democratic Campaign: Jackson Action and Party Politics Oct. 13 Gloria T. Hull and Peggy McIntosh Education for a More Inclusive Society Sep. 25 Michael Harrington A Progressive Agenda for Equity and Justice May 17 John McLaughlin The View from Washington: A National and International Review May 15 Pete Seeger First Amendment Award and Address May 1 Archibald Cox John William Ward Memorial Lecture: Government Ethics and Public Trust Apr. 24 Leonard Peikoff Why Should One Act on Principle? Apr. 21 Amanda Cross and Robert Parker The Art of Mystery: Master Sleuths Unmasked Apr. 14 Geraldine Ferraro After Reagan: What Next? Mar. 31 C. Everett Koop Education and AIDS: Fighting a Killer
1987
Nov. 15 Norman Cousins Taming of Nations Nov. 8 I. F. Stone A Conservation with I.F. Stone Nov. 1 Henry Hampton Eyes on the Prize: Setting the Course for America’s Racial Future Oct. 29 Veronica DeNegri and Robert J. Lifton Hope and Healing in a World of Horror Oct. 23 Marian Wright Edelman Unprotected and At Risk: The State of Childhood in America Oct. 15 Molly Yard 1990′s Politics: Flooding the Ticket with Women Sep. 27 Barney Frank A Democratic Agenda for 1988 and Beyond May 10 Seamus Heaney The Sound of Poetry May 7 Nicholas Daniloff First Amendment Award and Lecture Apr. 30 Alexander Haig Developing a National Agenda: Issues for the 1990′s Apr. 26 Leonard Peikoff My Thirty Years with Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir Apr. 23 Laurence Tribe Bicentennial Blues: To Praise the Constitution or to Bury It? Apr. 5 Carolyn Compton, Thomas Regan, and Andrew Rowan Crisis in the Lab: Animals in Medical Research
1986
Nov. 16 David R. Gergan, Arthur Miller, and Martin F. Nolan Lowell Lecture: The Rights and Responsibilities of a Free Press Nov. 13 Reverand Pat Robertson An Agenda for the Nineties Nov. 9 Bernard Aronson and John Kerry Nicaragua: Contras, Sandinistas, and US Aid Oct. 26 Morris B. Abram and Nathaniel R. Jones Affirmative Action and Equal Rights Oct. 16 William Webster Issues of Integrity in Law Enforcement Oct. 5 Renny Golden, Comr. Alan Nelson, Ellen Yaroshenfsky Sanctuary: Moral Imperatives and Illegal Acts Sep. 28 John Kenneth Galbraith and Franco Modigliani A Conversation on the Economy Sep. 20 President Corazon Aquino Apr. 20 Leonard Peikoff Religion vs. America Apr. 17 Daniel Ellsberg and John Pike Star Wars II: Opposing SDI Apr. 13 J. Larry Brown and Rep. Mickey Leland Hungry… in America! Apr. 10 Lloyd Cutler, Elliot Richardson, and Louis Menard, III Government Gridlock: Is Government Responsive Enough for the 21st Century? Apr. 3 Theodore Sizer and Sara Lawerence Lightfoot Improving America’s High Schools Mar. 27 Marian Blum, Ellen Galinsky, Arnold Hiatt, and Margaret McKenna The Day Care Puzzle
1985
Nov. 7 Paul Starr The Health Care Dilemma: Cost and Availability Nov. 3 Eleanor Holmes Norton The National Crisis of Teenage Pregnancy Oct. 24 Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson The Strategic Defense Initiative: Star Wars I Oct. 20 Frances Moore Lappe and Deborah Toler World Hunger: Lesson of Ethiopia Oct. 10 C. Everett Koop and Richard Daynard Smoking: The Medical and Legal Implications Sep. 29 Stephen Schiff and Chuck Kraemer Movies in America Sep. 22 Howard Baker A Political and Legislative Outlook for the ’80s Apr. 28 Thomas Winship First Amendment Award and Address Apr. 25 Harvey Cox, Anthony Podesta, and Cal Thomas Religion in Politics Apr. 21 Lester C. Thurow An Economic Outlook for the Eighties Apr. 18 Benjamin Hooks and John Kaplan Justice for All? Apr. 14 Leonard Peikoff Medicine: The Death of a Profession Mar. 31 Tom Wicker The Reagan Presidency II: The First Hundred Days
1984
Oct. 28 William Colby and John Stockwell The CIA: America’s Secret Foreign Policy Oct. 21 Richard Restak The Human Brain Oct. 18 John Silber and Ray Bonner U.S. Policy in Central America Oct. 4 David Halberstam The Effect of Sports On American Society Sep. 30 Helen Caldicott The Threat of Nuclear War Sep. 23 Bella Abzug and Robert Novak Challenges for the Next Administration Apr. 29 First Amendment Award and Address Apr. 15 Leonard Peikoff The American School: Why Johnny Can’t Think Apr. 8 Andrew Young The Role of City Government in the 1980s Apr. 1 Douglas Fraser Labor and Business Ethics Mar. 25 Seymour Hersh The Price of Power: Journalism and Foreign Policy
1983
Nov. 6 Sissela Bok Secrecy and Lying in Public Oct. 30 Ann Compton Media Ethics: The Power of the Press Oct. 23 Ralph Nader and Richard Neely Ethics in American Law: Consumer Activism and Judicial Activism Oct. 16 Harold Washington Blacks in American Politics Oct. 2 Barney Frank and Patrick Buchanan An Overview of Ethics for the Eighties May 1 First Amendment Award and Address Apr. 24 Leonard Peikoff Assault From the Ivory Tower: The Professor’s War Against America Apr. 17 John Kenneth Galbraith Reagan and his Economists Reviewed Apr. 10 I. F. Stone A Maverick’s View of the Nation and the World Mar. 27 Reverand Jesse L. Jackson Education: Foundation for Democracy
1982
Nov. 7 Doris Kearns-Goodwin, Jonathan Moor, and James C. Thomson Jr. The Meaning of the 1982 Election : A Post Mortem Oct. 31 Dr. Carl Kaysen The Federal Government and Science and Technology Oct. 24 Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer The Federal Government and Business and the Economy Oct. 17 Ellen Feingold and Lewis H. Spence The Federal Government and Social and Services and Social Responsibility Oct. 3 Ramsey Clark The Federal Government and Politics and Law May 9 Maya Angelou First Amendment Award and Address: The Responsibility to Speak for Freedom’s Sake Apr. 25 Ayn Rand Apr. 18 Andrew Young Apr. 4 Daniel Yankelovich Do American Still Believe in Apple Pie and Mother? Feb. 28 Wilbur J. Cohen and Carolyn L. Weaver Social Security: A System Under Pressure
1981
Nov. 1 Joseph R. Stantion and Phillip G. Stubblefield The Abortion Controversy: A Collision of Rights Oct. 25 John Kenneth Galbraith The Conservative Revolt Oct. 18 Alexander Ginzberg The Continuing Struggle for Human Rights Oct. 11 Ellen Goodman The Changing Roles of Men and Women- Can We Have it All? Oct. 4 Barney Frank and Cal Thomas The New Right, The New Left: Their Place in Government and Politics May 3 William Proxmire Waste in Government and What We Can Do About This Apr. 26 Ayn Rand Apr. 12 Harvey G. Cox, Jr. Are Traditional Religions Meeting Today’s Needs Apr. 5 Doris Kearns Goodwin Women in a Man’s World Mar. 29 Norman Lear First Amendment Award and Lecture
1980
Nov. 2 Robert F. Delaney Terrorism as a Tactic Oct. 26 Barry Commoner and Daniel Yergin Energy and Environment: A Conflict of Out Time Oct. 19 Dick Gregory Are Minorities Really Powerless? Oct. 12 Isaac Asimov The Disasters That Threaten Our World Oct. 5 John P. Roche and William Safire What Will the Outcome of the Election Have on Foreign and Domestic Policies May 4 Vance Packard Scientific Explosion: Public Perils and Ethical Crises Apr. 27 Joseph M. Jordan, Samuel E. Zoll, and Barney Frank What Can Be Done About Crime in the Street Apr. 20 Fred Graham and Arthur R. Miller The Right to Privacy vs. Free Press Apr. 13 William F. Buckley, Jr. Some of the Problems of Freedom
