| Speaking in Code | 2 |
| PUT TO THE TEST | 6 |
| FERGUSON, ANDREW | |
| McCain Versus the Juggernaut | 7 |
| KRISTOL, WILLIAM | |
| To Know Her Is To Respect Her | 9 |
| BARNES, FRED | |
| The Disappearing Issue of Election '08 | 10 |
| HAYES, STEPHEN F. | |
| A Dictionary of Political Cliches | 12 |
| CONTINETTI, MATTHEW | |
| Eight Is Enough | 14 |
| ANDERSON, JEFFREY H. | |
| 'Clean Hands and a Pure Heart' | 16 |
| GELERNTER, DAVID | |
| How To Woo a Warrior | 17 |
| SHUBOW, JUSTIN | |
| "From Little ACORNs, Big Scandals Grow" | 19 |
| ALLEN, CHARLOTTE | |
| Iceland Melts Down | 24 |
| LAST, JONATHAN V. | |
| Evil Under the Sun | 28 |
| EMERY, NOEMIE | |
| High Victorian Eye | 33 |
| DIRDA, MICHAEL | |
| "A Man, A Plan" | 35 |
| Shirley, Craig | |
| Towering Ivories | 37 |
| BERKOWITZ, PETER | |
| No Dracula He | 40 |
| Klepp, Lawrence | |
| How to Write | 41 |
| BecK, Stefan | |
| Gag Me With a Law | 43 |
| ROBINSON, CHRISTY HALL | |
| PARODY | 44 |
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