| No Confidence | 5 |
| Stewart, The Editors and Robert W. Dietsch, Barry Lynn, Michael D. Mosettig, Mark Pinsky, Jules | |
| The Word from Washington | 14 |
| Dead End: America on Wheels | 15 |
| ERWIN, ROBERT | |
| That GM Wheel | 21 |
| Miller, Judith | |
| On Manhood | 22 |
| DVORKIN, DAVID | |
| The Coming Offshore Ripoff | 24 |
| NORDLINGER, STEPHEN E. | |
| Senator Eastland's Christmas | 28 |
| Ullman, Victor | |
| Will Mexico Move Right? | 30 |
| RIDING, ALAN | |
| Out There in America | 34 |
| Langner, Paul & Egerton, John | |
| The Place Nobody Wanted | 38 |
| Mayer, Milton | |
| HEW's Witchhunt | 44 |
| HEINS, MARJORIE | |
| Reddy Kilowatt's Dark Hour | 47 |
| Love, Sam | |
| Bottling Up Litter | 52 |
| DERNBACH, JOHN | |
| Higher Education: Portents for the Future | 54 |
| COLEMAN, JOHN R. | |
| Hindsight on War | 55 |
| Ragsdale, Wilmott | |
| Public Advocate | 56 |
| Olson, McKinley C. | |
| Lincoln and Race | 57 |
| Hunter, John P. | |
| Inside Cairo | 58 |
| Altbach, Philip G. | |
| Abuse of Power | 59 |
| Griffith, Robert | |
| Books Briefly | 60 |
| LETTERS | 62 |
| WINNERS | 66 |
| Lipez, Richard |
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