| LETTERS | 2 |
| TILTING AT WINDMILLS | 6 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| WHO'S WHO in the Administration | 13 |
| The Washington Post: Monopoly Profits and Broken Promises | 14 |
| Noah, Timothy | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 27 |
| The All Purpose Made-to-Order: Korean Airliner Tragedy Story | 28 |
| Levine, Art | |
| WEIRTON STEEL: Buying out the bosses | 34 |
| Rowe, Jonathan | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 47 |
| What we lose when the rich go on the dole | 48 |
| Olson, Mancur | |
| THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award | 51 |
| Comparable Worth: Another Terrible Idea | 52 |
| Cowley, Geoffrey | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 58 |
| Barclay, John | |
| POLITICAL BOOKNOTES | 59 |
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