| The Friends of Obama | 4 |
| ADVERTISING WEAK | 6 |
| LAST, JONATHAN V. | |
| BALKAN BRAWL | 7 |
| Patriotism Paranoia | 9 |
| Hanging by a Thread | 10 |
| ANDERSON, JEFFREY H. | |
| Seven New Deadly Sins | 11 |
| O'ROURKE, P.J. | |
| The Polar Bears Are All Right | 13 |
| GOLDFARB, MICHAEL | |
| What Happened in Basra | 14 |
| KAGAN, KIMBERLY & KAGAN, FREDERICK W. | |
| How Sarko Got His Groove Back | 16 |
| MOUTET, ANNE-ELISABETH | |
| The Politics of Hope, Take One | 18 |
| CHIEPPO, CHARLES & STERGIOS, JIM | |
| Not What They Supposed | 20 |
| HAYES, STEPHEN F. | |
| I and My Brother Against My Cousin | 22 |
| KURTZ, STANLEY | |
| Two Routes to Reality | 33 |
| PRUNTY, WYATT | |
| The Right Stuff | 35 |
| CASSE, DANIEL | |
| Goodbye, Blockbuster | 38 |
| CASSIDY, VICTOR M. | |
| Book of Revelations | 40 |
| Short, Edward | |
| Real Slick Willie | 41 |
| FERGUSON, TIM | |
| Critic Under Fire | 42 |
| PODHORETZ, JOHN | |
| Parody | 44 |
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