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• The Balanced-Budget Amendment The committee: Jim Miller, Robert D. Reischauer, Robert Shapiro, and Sen. Paul Simon.
  Herbert Stein Dec. 7, 1996
  
• Women in America The committee: Barbara Bergmann, Linda Chavez, Betty Friedan, Kate O'Beirne, and Katha Pollitt.
  Herbert Stein Nov. 9, 1996
  
• What Difference Does It Make? The committee: Alan Brinkley, Morton Kondracke, Thomas Mann, Norman Ornstein, and Nelson W. Polsby.
  Herbert Stein Oct. 29, 1996
  
• Are Polls Polluting Politics? The committee: Fred Barnes, Eleanor Clift, Arianna Huffington, and Howard Kurtz.
  Herbert Stein Sept. 24, 1996
  
• Bosnia After the Elections The committee: Madeleine K. Albright, Misha Glenny, Richard Perle, and Warren Zimmermann.
  Herbert Stein Sept. 17, 1996
  
• The Democratic National Convention The committee: Karlyn Keene Bowman, Alan Brinkley, Christopher Caldwell, and R. Emmett Tyrell Jr.
  Herbert Stein Aug. 27, 1996
  
• What is Wall Street Saying? The committee: James Cramer, James Glassman, Robert Litan, and Robert Shiller.
  Herbert Stein July 23, 1996
  
• Making Social Security Secure The committee: Henry Aaron, Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., Richard Thau, and Carolyn Weaver.
  Herbert Stein July 16, 1996
  
• Can Cutting Taxes Speed up Growth? The committee: Barry Bosworth, Robert Eisner, Joel Slemrod, and John Taylor.
  Herbert Stein July 2, 1996
  
• Does Microsoft Play Fair? The committee: Steve Ballmer, James Fallows, James Gleick, Peter Huber, and Roger McNamee.
  Herbert Stein June 25, 1996