The BAFFLER.,

VOLUME I

UMBER J7

TABLE OF CO TENTS

ESSAY The Gilded Mean . ........... . .... .. . .... .. .... . . 7homas 'Frank 3 T he Rule of Law in Shambles ................. Thomas Geoghegan 13 Wi lli am Burroughs: My Parr in His Down fall . ... . < ..Andrew O 'ffagan 23 Milwa ukee Bucks .... . .... ...... .. .. . ... . . ... . Jim lArndorfer 3J Buy and Hold ' Em ... . . .. . ...... ..... . . .. . . . Kim 'PhiLlips- 'Fein 41 Free (Ma rket) Verse .... ... . .. . . . ........ . .. ...... . Steve Evans 57 Requ iem for a Bureaucrat .. ... .. . .. ....... .. .. ... . Jim U'vIc7\{tJ" 65 Once More, With ActOrs ... . ........... .... ... . U'vIatt Weiland 7I Purring reariviry to Work . .... . .. . .... . .......... .. Catherine ./Jp 87

FICTION Four Minutes and 33 Pairs of Swearpanrs ........ . ... U'vIartin 'R£ker 49 The ario nal Highway Defense Fund ... ... ..... ... Whitney TerreLl 8l

POET RY T he a rl yle roup ................... . . .. . .. . .. Geoffrey Young 56 T here I Alway Another Revolution .... . ........ . . Joshua Schuster 64 T he Ring of trategic Influ ence .. .......... .. . . .. . . . Jena Osman 70

LETTERS Bohemian Rhapsody .. . . .. . . . . 1 >auL U'vIaLiszewski & 7lJOmas 'Frank 92

ART 'Brian Chippendale .. . . .. COVER, Toe, 4, 8, 16-28, 34, 38-46, 58-63, 80, 96 K£ith Herzik .. . . . .. ... .. . .. . . . .. . ..... . .... .... .... 32, 48, 82-85 lAmy < ..Abshier-70es . . .. . .. . ................... . ... 36, 67,72-78