| LETTERS | 4 |
| Death on the Road: Going Beyond Nader and The Reader's Digest | 7 |
| Fallows, James | |
| Shooting Down Some Myths About Gun Control | 24 |
| Toynbee, Polly | |
| THE POLITICAL PUZZLE | 32 |
| Barclay, John | |
| TWO COPS TALK TURKEY: Letting Rizzo Do the Thinking | 33 |
| Wren, Christopher | |
| Thinking for Ourselves Questions We Can Start With | 39 |
| Graham, Donald | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 44 |
| What Makes Congress Run? | 47 |
| Ornstein, Norman | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 50 |
| VIEWS OF THE PRESS: Kay, Otis, and Newby-They Sell Out, Too | 51 |
| Shapiro, Walter | |
| POLITICAL BOOK NOTES | 63 |
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