| LETTERS | 2 |
| The Case Against Foundations | 3 |
| Branch, Taylor | |
| Publishing Conglomerated: When Profits Become Censor | 19 |
| Lessard, Suzannah | |
| Memo of the Month | 27 |
| The Wild Blue Yonder Over Laos | 28 |
| Branfman, Fred | |
| The Vested Oracles: How Industry Regulates Government | 45 |
| Metcalf, Senator Lee | |
| POLITICAL NUMBERS: The Rise of the Small State | 54 |
| Rappeport, Michael | |
| Muskie: A Sketch from the Inside | 56 |
| Nicholson, Joseph H. Jr. | |
| The Political Puzzle | 63 |
| Barclay, John | |
| BOOK NOTES | 64 |
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