| Correspondence | 2 |
| Editorial | 5 |
| The end times | 6 |
| Lustig, Andrew | |
| The long view What happened November 2? | 7 |
| Galston, William A | |
| Report from Europe | 9 |
| Schilling, Timothy P | |
| Northern exposure | 10 |
| Kavanagh, Peter | |
| THE WAR IN IRAQ | 12 |
| Dula, Peter | |
| INSTALLING DEMOCRACY | 14 |
| Russett, Bruce | |
| Team America The Incredibles | 22 |
| Alleva, Richard | |
| Animal Planet | 24 |
| Wren, Celia | |
| Critics' choices for Christmas | 26 |
| Henneberger, Melinda | |
| Critics' choices for Christmas | 28 |
| Nixon, J Peter | |
| Critics' choices for Christmas | 29 |
| Martin, James | |
| Critics' choices for Christmas | 30 |
| Gunther, Clare Collins | |
| Critics' choices for Christmas | 32 |
| Wolf, Anne-Marie | |
| Religion booknotes | 33 |
| Cunningham, Lawrence S | |
| Deep in the heart of Florida | 38 |
| Miles, Jack |
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