| LETTERS | 2 |
| Tilting at Windmills | 6 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| Thrills, Spills, and Bills | 10 |
| Keisling, Phil | |
| WHO'S WHO | 20 |
| Washington Gets to Mr. Smith | 21 |
| Hamburger, Tom | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 27 |
| Department of Self Services | 28 |
| Willrich, Michael | |
| TIDBITS & OUTRAGES | 37 |
| Doctored Results | 38 |
| Kippen, Alexander | |
| New Weapons, Old Problems | 43 |
| Shuger, Scott | |
| THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD | 49 |
| Energy Without Emirs | 50 |
| Hefner, Robert III | |
| Inside Racism | 53 |
| Cooper, Matthew | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 56 |
| Political Booknotes | 57 |
| Wilson, James Q. |
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