| A Philosopher in the Boudoir | 3 |
| DRAPER, ROGER | |
| Apologia Pro Vita Sua | 5 |
| OSHINSKY, DAVID M. | |
| What's Wrong with Our Universities | 7 |
| O'NEILL, WILLIAM L. | |
| Sullying a Hero's Reputation | 9 |
| GRAFF, HENRY F. | |
| Testing the Margins of Hope | 11 |
| SLEEPER, JIM | |
| Daniel Bell's Balancing Act | 14 |
| DIGGINS, JOHN PATRICK | |
| Where Angels Feared to Tread | 16 |
| SHUB, ANATOLE | |
| That's the Way It Was | 18 |
| HOTTELET, RICHARD C. | |
| An Immoderate Moderate | 20 |
| ROSS, IRWIN | |
| Up and Down with Stephen and Jack | 22 |
| CLAUSEN, CHRISTOPHER | |
| Where Love Touches Death | 24 |
| BROWN, ROSELLEN | |
| Looking Backward | 26 |
| GOODMAN, WALTER | |
| Lifelong Loneliness | 28 |
| ROIPHE, ANNE | |
| Twentieth Century Blues | 30 |
| PETTINGELL, PHOEBE | |
| How Good Is It? | 32 |
| SIMON, JOHN | |
| An Imperfect Model | 34 |
| PETERSON, WALLACE C. | |
| Demystifying an Ancient Autocracy | 35 |
| KWITNY, JONATHAN | |
| Index for 1996 | 37 |
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