| LETTERS | 4 |
| THE SCREWING OF THE AVERAGE MAN: Government Subsidies: Who Gets the $63 Billion? | 9 |
| Branch, Taylor | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 28 |
| POLITICAL NUMBERS: The Cities Turn a Corner | 29 |
| Rappeport, Michael | |
| Annual Political Book Award | 31 |
| The Red Badge of Literature | 32 |
| Styron, William | |
| The Imaginary Insider | 35 |
| Rothchild, John | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 40 |
| What Do People Do All Day | 41 |
| Lessard, Suzannah | |
| An Unlikely Oracle | 51 |
| Baker, Russell | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 54 |
| From Crusade to Collusion: A Story of Union Decay | 55 |
| Boyd, James | |
| Political Book Notes | 61 |
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