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The Auto Industry: Going Nowhere Fast by Mathuresa Dasa

Dec 1, 1983 | Mathuresa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-18 Number-12

The 170 million motor vehicles registered in the United States pump 80 million tons of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and hydrocarbons into the air annually. Auto exhaust accounts for most of the smog that hangs over U.S. cities, and that smog is a major cause of... read more

Watts So Funny? by Drutakarma Dasa

Dec 1, 1983 | Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), The Vedic Observer, Volume-18 Number-12

Secretary of the Interior James Watt was forced to resign because of some unfortunate remarks he made about his appointees to a national coal commission. His panel had, he said, "every kind of mix you can have. I have a black, I have a woman, two Jews, and a... read more

Abortion’s Trial And Error by Mathuresa Dasa

Nov 1, 1983 | Mathuresa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-18 Number-11

Despite being a layman in the matter of law, I would like to step forward and apply a few commonsense legal rules of thumb to one of this century's most fiercely debated issues: abortion. Even most proabortionists would agree that, biologically speaking, life... read more

Honor Among Thieves by Mathuresa Dasa, Mandalesvara Dasa, Dravida Dasa

Oct 1, 1983 | Dravida Dasa, Mandalesvara Dasa, Mathuresa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-18 Number-10

Honor Among Thieves The incident sounded controversial enough: a "briefing book" drawn up to help President Carter prepare for his 1980 campaign debate with Ronald Reagan allegedly found its way to the opposing camp. But when Reagan shrugged off the... read more

Behind The Facade Of Health Care by Mathuresa Dasa

Sep 1, 1983 | Mathuresa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-18 Number-09

Is the $300-billion-a-year American health-care industry curing us or skewering us? Planning your budget for the coming year? You're probably worried about the rising cost of health care. And rightly so: Americans spent more than $300 billion for health care in... read more

Confronting The Politics of Atheism by Mathuresa Dasa

Jul 1, 1983 | Mathuresa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-18 Number-07

Negotiations, boycotts, threats nothing seems to tame the Russian bear. Why? The possibility of a summit meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Andropov has raised cautious hopes for deescalating the nuclear arms race. Some of us anticipate such a... read more