| Not So Little Sister | 2 |
| PICK ME A CANDIDATE | 4 |
| LABASH, MATT | |
| AN APOLOGY | 5 |
| "Gen. David Petraeus, Man of the Year" | 6 |
| A Nation of Dim Bulbs | 8 |
| FERGUSON, ANDREW | |
| Vox Huckabee | 10 |
| Eastland, Terry | |
| Thompson's Waterloo (Iowa) | 12 |
| HAYES, STEPHEN F. | |
| Hill-A-Copter Down | 15 |
| LAST, JONATHAN V. | |
| Dingell Bells | 17 |
| PAYNE, HENRY & Dalmia, Shikha | |
| New Hampshire Blues | 19 |
| GITELL, SETH | |
| Do They Know It's Christmas? | 20 |
| MARSHALL, PAUL | |
| The Learning Disabled Education Expert | 22 |
| LEAF, JONATHAN | |
| Let a Hundred Flowers Be Crushed | 28 |
| BORK, ELLEN | |
| "Dear Diary, I Think I'm in Love" | 32 |
| O'ROURKE, P. J. | |
| Edinburgh Rhapsodies | 36 |
| POWERS, ELIZABETH | |
| Weiner's World | 38 |
| MULLARKEY, MAUREEN | |
| His Shining Hour | 39 |
| WEISER, JAY | |
| Marlowe's Anti-Heroes | 41 |
| TUSHNET, EVE | |
| Vital Gore | 42 |
| PODHORETZ, JOHN | |
| Parody | 44 |
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