| Inaugural Doggerel | 2 |
| HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING | 4 |
| BOTTUM, JOSEPH | |
| Our Pakistan Problem | 5 |
| GERECHT, REUEL MARC | |
| ANTI-SEMITISM IN IRAN | 7 |
| MEDOFF, RAFAEL | |
| Psst . . . Wanna Buy a Senate Seat? | 8 |
| HAYES, STEPHEN F. | |
| The Unlikeliest Congressman | 10 |
| VANCE, KEVIN | |
| "Mr. President, Liberate Zimbabwe" | 11 |
| Kirchick, James | |
| Thirty Years of Reform in China | 12 |
| CHANG, GORDON G. | |
| The Unwisdom of Crowds | 14 |
| Caldwell, Christopher | |
| The Other American Auto Industry | 20 |
| BARNES, FRED | |
| Policing Afghanistan | 25 |
| marLowe, ann | |
| When Books Were Great | 33 |
| ROSEN, CHRISTINE | |
| Great Books Redux | 35 |
| SIMMONS, TRACY LEE | |
| Slice of Life | 37 |
| Dworkin, Ronald W. | |
| Surreal Faith | 39 |
| TOOLEY, MARK | |
| Noble Reformer | 41 |
| MILLER, JOHN R. | |
| Postmortem Snaps | 42 |
| MEYERS, WILLIAM | |
| Parody | 44 |
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