| The Continuing Crisis | 2 |
| Editorial / French Socialism At Work | 4 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. | |
| Capitol Ideas / Another Ventriloquist's Doll | 5 |
| Bethell, Tom | |
| The Lingering Irrelevance of Henry Adams | 7 |
| Dawidoff, Robert | |
| Philip Roth, the Great American Novelist | 12 |
| Podhoretz, John | |
| Having a Ball: The Reagan Presidency | 15 |
| Bakshian, Aram Jr. | |
| Royalty's Connubial Jamboree | 18 |
| Greer, Herb | |
| Don't Cry For Jacobo Timerman | 19 |
| Varon, Benno Weiser | |
| The Public Policy / The O'Connor Nomination | 24 |
| Eastland, Terry | |
| The Nation's Pulse / Regulatory Practices | 25 |
| Havender, William | |
| The Great American Saloon Series / The Jersey Shore | 27 |
| Mysak, Joe | |
| The Litigious Society | 28 |
| Lieberma, Jethro K. | |
| Gorky park | 32 |
| Smith, Martin Cruz | |
| National Defense | 34 |
| Fallows, James | |
| A Sense of Honor | 36 |
| Webb, James | |
| Current Wisdom | 38 |
| Jackasses, Assorted |
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