| Letters | 6 |
| Comment | 10 |
| No Comment | 14 |
| Datelines | 15 |
| al., Tom O'Connell et. | |
| Media | 19 |
| Manoff, Robert Karl | |
| Reflections | 20 |
| Armstrong, Robert | |
| UNNATURAL SELECTION | 22 |
| Corea, Gena | |
| LITTLE REAGANS | 25 |
| Bello, Walden | |
| LES IS LESS | 26 |
| Leventhal, George L. | |
| HEARTS AND MINDS AGAIN | 28 |
| Guyot, Erik | |
| MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY | 32 |
| Kurlansky, Mark J. | |
| Indigenous Music | 35 |
| Hentoff, Nat | |
| Capital Calls the Tune' | 36 |
| Lewis, J. Patrick | |
| Mixed Values | 37 |
| al., Robert N. Bellah et. | |
| Power Stakes | 38 |
| Munson, Richard | |
| Books Briefly | 40 |
| Report Card | 41 |
| Schonemann, Natalie Pearson and Raoul | |
| Puzzle | 42 |
| Rathvon, Emily Cox and Henry | |
| Index for 1985 | 43 |
| The Last Word | 50 |
| Rothschild, Matthew |
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