| LETTERS | 1 |
| TILTING AT WINDMILLS | 6 |
| Why Amnesty Failed | 11 |
| DeParle, Jason | |
| Bring Back the Orphanage | 17 |
| Forer, Lois G. | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 24 |
| Why Washington's Best Cops Walk Its Safest Beat | 25 |
| Cooper, Matthew | |
| THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award | 29 |
| The Greek Chorus | 31 |
| Rowe, Jonathan | |
| WHO'S WHO | 34 |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 36 |
| Lewis Lapham's Lament | 37 |
| Lessard, Suzannah | |
| The Conservative Mind | 42 |
| Fallows, James | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 56 |
| POLITICAL BOOKNOTES | 57 |
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