Table of ContentsThe Aged WorkerPreparing for the Year 2000Harsh Days in SpainShould Writers Be Journalists?From the Sacred to the Secular"What I Wanted as a Person"Skirting the IssueWhat's in the PackageTalkathon of CommentQuick DetectiveMike FrightSaving the "Man of the Forest"Father for TodayThe Beleaguered CastlePercolators in the EarthThe BenefactressIN SEARCH OF POLITICAL MIRACLESON SEEKING A HERO FOR THE WHITE HOUSESlump at the TurnstilesNot-So-Favorite SonJust Plain BillBig Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home?A Very Important PrisonerLast Chances for MonoSecond Fiddle, con BrioHatchet JobSummit for the HeartThe SkyjackersQuestions of ConscienceClosing the Republic's ClubhouseSHOWDOWN IN EASTERN EUROPERUSSIA'S DILEMMAWilson Bounces BackCivilized CoupEpilogue to the DiaryPresident in the RingThe Air Commandos: Preventive MedicineEAST AND WEST: THE TROUBLING AMBIGUITIESFortas at the BarTroubled TruceGrey Humor"America as It Now Exists"The Technicolor TreatmentRedirected VerdictWhat Is a War?Huck Finn, J.D.Rediscovered PromiseThe Shakiest Gun in the WestEmpire BunglerDark of the SunCuster of the WestSlow Flights to NowhereFlight of Aeroflot 03To Turn a Giant into a MidgetFor Personal ReasonsTrading Up NantucketIvory Towers in AfricaMen v. MiceThe First Half