| LETTERS | 6 |
| TILTING AT WINDMILLS | 8 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| How to Make the Front Page: A Do-It-Yourself Guide for Congressmen | 12 |
| Nocera, Joseph | |
| WHO'S WHO | 24 |
| The Cause: The Empty Voting Booths | 27 |
| Cans, Curtis | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 31 |
| The Effect: The Growth of the Special Interests | 32 |
| North, James | |
| The Solution: A Rebirth of Patriotism | 37 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| WHERE TO STAY IN WASHINGTON | 39 |
| Trueblood, Carol | |
| The Trident: Our Pre-Sunk Supercarrier | 41 |
| Packard, Frank | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 46 |
| The Executive Protection Racket | 47 |
| Kurtz, Howie | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 50 |
| Barclay, John | |
| The Case of the Co-opted Critic: Ralph Nader and Harvard Law School | 51 |
| Bernabei, Lynne | |
| RICHARD REEVES ON POLITICAL BOOKS | 57 |
| POLITICAL BOOK NOTES | 59 |
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