| LETTERS | 4 |
| TILTING AT WINDMILLS | 6 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 11 |
| Barclay, John | |
| Why Carter Fails: Taking the Politics Out of Government | 12 |
| Lemann, Nicholas | |
| WHO'S WHO | 24 |
| Sam Brown and the Peace Corps: All Talk, No ACTION | 28 |
| Nocera, Joseph | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 41 |
| The Government vs. Small Business | 42 |
| Galbraith, John Kenneth | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 45 |
| The Welfare Trap | 46 |
| Gilder, George | |
| WHERE TO STAY IN WASHINGTON | 53 |
| RICHARD REEVES ON POLITICAL BOOKS | 55 |
| POLITICAL BOOK NOTES | 57 |
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