| MEMO FROM THE EDITOR | 4 |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | 6 |
| COMMENT | 9 |
| NO COMMENT | 13 |
| DATE LINES | 14 |
| Motavalli, Jim & Brubaker, Charmayne Denlinger & Wittman, S.A. & Schultz, Mark | |
| SMALL FAVORS | 18 |
| Ivins, Molly | |
| PLAYING WITH POISON | 19 |
| Dobie, Kathy & Goodman, Amy | |
| THE CAREFUL COMMUNISTS | 24 |
| Steif, William | |
| ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM | 28 |
| Peck, Keenen | |
| THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW EDWARD SAID | 30 |
| Stevenson, Matthew | |
| THE LONE DRIVER RIDES AGAIN | 36 |
| GITLIN, TODD | |
| BOOKS | 41 |
| Day, Samuel H. Jr. | |
| THE PROGRESSIVE PUZZLE | 47 |
| Rathvon, Henry & Cox, Emily | |
| THE LAST WORD | 50 |
| Pearson, Natalie |
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