| Letters | 4 |
| Comment | 7 |
| No Comment | 13 |
| The Word from Washington | 14 |
| Stein, Jeffrey | |
| HARD TIMES FOR THE AMERICAN FAMILY | 16 |
| ELSHTAIN, JEAN BETHKE | |
| LOST CHILDREN | 20 |
| Medsger, Betty | |
| BREAKING THE INCEST TABOO | 26 |
| Yudkin, Marcia | |
| TURBULENCE AHEAD FOR THE CLEAN AIR ACT | 29 |
| O'Donnell, Francis J. | |
| KEEP THE LAWSUITS COMING | 32 |
| Bonner, Ray | |
| WHEEL RIM TRAGEDY | 34 |
| Lewin, Tamar | |
| SLAVE LABOR IN THE CANE FIELDS | 36 |
| Mulligan, Joseph | |
| MARXISM IN MOZAMBIQUE | 38 |
| Talbot, Stephen | |
| ALL THE BEST FOR THE BRIGHTEST | 44 |
| Remley, Anne Gardner | |
| WARHEADS INTO PLOWSHARES | 48 |
| Davidon, Ann Morrissett | |
| WHY WE SEIZED THE HAMMER | 49 |
| Berrigan, Philip | |
| Puzzle | 50 |
| Indigenous Music | 52 |
| Movies | 54 |
| Two ahead of their times | 56 |
| Bluestein, Gene | |
| Gutting the arts | 58 |
| Mooney, Michael M. | |
| On other planets | 59 |
| Lessing, Doris | |
| Books briefly | 61 |
| THE MART | 64 |
| THE LAST WORD | 66 |
| Pollak, Felix |
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