| LETTERS | 1 |
| TILTING AT WINDMILLS | 6 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| "Ma'am, What You Need Is a New, Improved Hoover" | 10 |
| Miller, Matthew | |
| THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award | 13 |
| And Why They Let Anyone Be An Informant | 19 |
| Burkholder, Steven | |
| Revenge of the Nerds | 21 |
| Martin, Nicholas | |
| The Start-Up Blues | 25 |
| Schlosberg, Jeremy | |
| My Banker Wouldn't Back My Building | 30 |
| DeParle, Jim | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 32 |
| The Worst City Government in America | 33 |
| DeParle, Jason | |
| It's Not Just Washington | 37 |
| Boo, Katherine | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 46 |
| WHO'S WHO | 48 |
| You Little Tort | 49 |
| Farber, Daniel | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 54 |
| Barclay, John | |
| POLITICAL BOOKNOTES | 55 |
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