In Essence

"The Declaration of Independence and International Law" by David Armitage, in The William and Mary Quarterly (Jan. 2002), Box 8781, Williamsburg, Va. 23187–8781.

"Can There Be a Decent Left?" by Michael Walzer, in Dissent (Spring 2002), 310 Riverside Dr., No. 1201, New York, N.Y. 10025.

"Our Tottering Confirmation Process" by Paul C. Light, in The Public Interest (Spring 2002), 1112 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

"A Tale of Two Secretaries" by Eliot A. Cohen, in Foreign Affairs (May–June 2002), 58 E. 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.

"Iraq’s Decisions to Go to War, 1980 and 1990" by F. Gregory Gause III, in The Middle East Journal (Winter 2002), 1761 N St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036–2882.

"Are Giant Companies Taking Over the U.S. Economy?" by Lawrence J. White, in The Milken Institute Review (Second Quarter 2002), 1250 Fourth St., 2nd fl., Santa Monica, Calif. 90401–1353.

"Welfare Reform: The Institutional Dimension" by Lawrence M. Mead, in Focus (special issue, 2002), 1180 Observatory Dr., 3412 Social Science Bldg., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis. 53706.

"America’s Lost Egalitarian Tradition" by Sean Wilentz, in Daedalus (Winter 2002), Norton’s Woods, 136 Irving St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138.

"Slavery and the Black Family" by James Q. Wilson, in The Public Interest, 1112 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

"Bearing Witness to Blackball: Buck O’Neil, the Negro Leagues, and the Politics of the Past" by Daniel A. Nathan in Journal of American Studies (Vol. 35, No. 3), Cambridge Univ. Press, Edinburgh Bldg., Shaftesbury Rd., Cambridge, England CB2 2RU.

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