| The Continuing Crisis | 2 |
| Editorial / Reagan, Carter, and Cash | 4 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. | |
| Capitol Ideas/Evolution Now | 5 |
| Bethell, Tom | |
| America on War and Diplomacy: Introduction | 7 |
| Rosen, Stephen | |
| Hiding from the Nuclear Age | 8 |
| Rosen, Stephen | |
| Renewing a Beautiful Relationship | 13 |
| Sestanovich, Stephen | |
| Wielding Alignments | 18 |
| David, Steven R. | |
| Systems Paralysis | 23 |
| Cohen, Eliot | |
| John Nollson / Badtime for Bonzo | 28 |
| Among the Intellectualoids / A Handbook for Maidens | 29 |
| Simon, Jolm | |
| Presswatch / Sunni Days | 31 |
| Ledeen, Michael | |
| European Document / What Should the West Do? | 33 |
| Revel, Jean-François | |
| Criminals and Victims, byLois G. Forer | 34 |
| Bishop, JosephW Jr. | |
| Jimmy Carter: In Search of the Great White House, by Betty Glad | 36 |
| Barnes, Fred | |
| RadicalPrindples, by Michael Walzer | 38 |
| Lilla, Mark T. | |
| Spectator's Journal | 41 |
| Current Wisdom | 43 |
| Jackasses, Assorted |
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