| Letters | 6 |
| The UMW Now More Than Ever | 8 |
| Bethel, Thomas N. | |
| The Political Puzzle | 27 |
| Barclay, John | |
| The Secret Pleasures of the White House Press | 29 |
| Randolph, Eleanor | |
| Impact Aid: Another Fleecing | 36 |
| Kurtz, Howie | |
| Tidbits and Outrages | 40 |
| China And India And Me | 44 |
| Massey, Thomas | |
| The Burning of the Reading Public | 49 |
| Levine, Arthur | |
| Strangers in a Strange Land | 55 |
| Herwitz, Michael | |
| Public Men and Private Lives | 63 |
| Lemann, Nicholas | |
| Where to Stay in Washington | 68 |
| Merrill, Jill | |
| Memo of the Month | 71 |
| Richard Reeves on Political Books | 73 |
| Political Book Notes | 75 |
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