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The article revisits philosopher Frank Meyer's theory of fusionism, and considers how it is challenged by French Catholic philosopher René Girard. Topics discussed include Meyer's political philosophy that unites elements of libertarianism and traditionalism, the problem of political freedom in Western civilization, and Girard's work and influence in anthropological philosophy.

The author presents assessments made by officials of the government of U.S. President Ronald Reagan regarding implementation of conservative ideas in various fields of governance, which aimed at providing advice for conservatives in future presidencies. Kenneth L. Adelman, director of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, discusses arms control policy. Martin Anderson, assistant to the president for policy development, considers Reagan's economic plan. Linda Chavez, director of the Commission on Civil Rights, focuses on eliminating racism.

The article cites efforts to fulfill the Civil Service reform ideal in the centennial year in the U.S. One is the proposed performance-based incentive system which is considered the biggest proposal toward reaching the goal of making performance the most important factor in personnel decisions and to make the federal government's personnel practices more consistent with those of the private sector. A similar performance incentive is also proposed for federal layoff or reductions in force (RIF) procedures. The benefits hold by the said reforms are also cited.

Irving Crispi's article was a welcome insight into the type of prediction appropriate for public opinion research. Not only was relevant data presented in a simple and direct manner, but he also made a needed connection to theoretical concerns. The Crespi theoretical contribution of seeing beliefs which can predict behavior, in a statistical sense, as a multidimensional system could then be related to the theoretical literature which sees beliefs as "value constellations" rather than as simple attitude hierarchies.