| "Puff, Puff, Puff" | 2 |
| DAYS OF WINE AND OYSTERS | 4 |
| MATUS, VICTORINO | |
| ASSESSING PORTER | 5 |
| ALLENSWORTH, JAMES | |
| The Sector Formerly Known as Private | 7 |
| CONTINETTI, MATTHEW | |
| "Bail Me Out, Mr. Paulson" | 8 |
| O'ROURKE, P.J. | |
| A Time for Thanksgiving | 9 |
| CRITTENDEN, JULES | |
| Twin Cities Throwdown | 11 |
| Mccormack, John | |
| The Mosque and the Imam | 12 |
| SCHWARTZ, STEPHEN | |
| Clear and Present Danger | 15 |
| JOSCELYN, THOMAS | |
| Building a Better Bailout | 22 |
| LINDSEY, LAWRENCE B. | |
| Our Hapless Automakers | 26 |
| STELZER, IRWIN M. | |
| "Happy Birthday, Milton" | 29 |
| WIEDER, LAURANCE | |
| Seeing Red | 31 |
| EASTLAND, KATHERINE | |
| He Saw the Future | 33 |
| MCDONALD, MICHAEL | |
| God's Politics | 36 |
| KNIPPENBERG, JOSEPH | |
| Man on the Brink | 37 |
| WALSH, PATRICK J. | |
| Small Is Beautiful | 39 |
| PODHORETZ, JOHN | |
| Parody | 40 |
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