NOTEBOOK.

DASCHLE, Thomas, 1947-; JACKSON, Jesse, 1941-

Reports on several socio-political events in the United States. Critique of U.S. President George W. Bush's economic assumptions, in light of the nation's economic status; Issues related to the President's tax cut proposal in his budget; Question of whether the nation faces an energy crisis, as Bush claims; Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle's counterproposal to the tax-cut plan; Focus on the black press' silence on the ethical problems of the Reverend Jesse Jackson; Report that one item of unfinished business on the Bush administration's staffing agenda is finding someone to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities.