| The Continuing Crisis | 2 |
| Editorial | 4 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. | |
| A Conversation with George Kennan | 5 |
| Urban, George | |
| Why Reagan Chose Schweiker: An Insider's Account | 13 |
| Keene, David | |
| Cruel and Unusual Punishment | 16 |
| Munson, Steven C. | |
| Karl Popper: Philosopher of Science and Society | 18 |
| Levy, David | |
| "Your Mama Won't Let You Scratch Where It Itches" | 20 |
| Baras, Victor | |
| The Great American Saloon Series | 22 |
| Thomas, Brian | |
| The Good, the Bad, and the Imbecile | 23 |
| Duggan, Joseph P. | |
| The Nation's Pulse | 24 |
| Rusthoven, Peter J. | |
| The Talkies | 26 |
| Terzian, Philip | |
| Charlie | 27 |
| Coyne, John R. Jr. | |
| The Genesis Strategy | 28 |
| Bardach, Eugene | |
| iViva Vivas! | 32 |
| McAdams, A. James | |
| The Case Against the Reckless Congress | 32 |
| Kannon, Baron Von | |
| Among the Intellectualoids | 34 |
| Uba, Gerald | |
| Mencken's Last Campaign | 35 |
| Nolte, William H. | |
| Current Wisdom | 36 |
| Correspondence | 38 |
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