| A Born Realist | 3 |
| GEWEN, BARRY | |
| Updike in a Foreign Country | 5 |
| KAPP, ISA | |
| Doomed by a Device | 7 |
| APPLE, MAX | |
| Under the Sign of Sontag | 9 |
| GOODMAN, WALTER | |
| What Made Lyndon Run | 11 |
| GRAFF, HENRY F. | |
| Why We Liked Ike | 12 |
| PARMET, HERBERT S. | |
| The New Sex Education | 17 |
| RAVITCH, DIANE | |
| The Politics of Literacy | 20 |
| SIMON, JOHN | |
| Journalism for the Marketplace | 22 |
| HOTTELET, RICHARD C. | |
| Mad, Bad and Dangerous | 24 |
| PETTINGELL, PHOEBE | |
| An Unscrupulous Talent | 26 |
| DAVIS, HOPE HALE |
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