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- Letters, pp. 2-3
- Tilting at Windmills, pp. 4-7 Hush Kits... Legal Literati... Buckin' Bagels... Remembering Robinson... The Humphrey D...
- Silent Witness, pp. 8-9 Senate investigators never called the one man who could clear up the Babbitt case.
- What the White House Tapes Really Show, pp. 10-15 The Keystone Kops behind the cameras.
- Memo of the Month, p. 16
- National Security for Sale, pp. 17-21 How our obsession with privatizing government has left us vulnerable to nuclear terrorism.
- Who's Who, pp. 22-23
- Liberalism's Flagship Adrift at Sea, pp. 24-28 How The New Republic can find its way home.
- Monthly Journalism Award, pp. 29-30
- The Peacemaker, pp. 31-36 How Jimmy Carter helped save us from war with North Korea.
- Tidbits and Outrages, p. 37
- Edible Complex, pp. 38-41 The real secret to Dean & Deluca's success: convincing Americans that good taste doesn'...
- [+]Harvard Schmarvard (2 Reviews) , pp. 42-44Getting into the Ivy League is neither as hard, nor as important, as the meritocratic e...
- A is for Admission by Michele A. Hernandez
- How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning by David F. Labaree
- [+]Poisoned Ivy (Review) , pp. 45-48For some students, getting into Harvard is the easy part.
- Halfway Heaven by Melanie Thernstrom
- [+]The Hedgerows Were Deadly (Review) , pp. 49-50And no one was warned.
- Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose
- [+]A Parallel Universe (Review) , pp. 51-53The growing gap between military and civilian values, and why it's a problem.
- Making the Corps by Thomas E. Ricks
- [+]Listening to Lyndon (Review) , p. 54Taking Charge, by Michael R. Beschloss
- Taking Charge by Michael R. Beschloss
- [+]Cyper-Mamma's Message (Review) , pp. 54-57Release 2.0, by Esther Dyson
- Release 2.0 by Esther Dyson
- [+]The Road Not Taken (Review) , p. 58Sensible Justice, by David C. Anderson
- Sensible Justice by David C. Anderson
- [+]Philadelphia Story (Review) , pp. 59-62A Prayer for the City, by Buzz Bissinger
- A Prayer for the City by Buzz Bissinger
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