ON THE COVER Jerry Brown, photographed by A. Tannenbaum (photo courtesy of Sygma).
FEATURES
10 SPIRITS
By Deven Black
12 SOUNDS
By Wayne Robins
14 TRAVEL
By Robert Levine
18 U.S.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Bush's secret war in Peru, by Sharon Churcher.
20 SMART SEX
By B. D. Colen
23 PENTHOUSE SEARCHSTAKES
Presented by Kawasaki Jet Skis.
30 THE COMEDY IS OVER
The Gotti trial . . . and after, by Ernest Volkman.
46 GOVERNOR Jerry Brown
Interview, by Richard N. Goodwin
59 SNEAK PEAK
Hot summer footwear, by Lynn Kearcher.
84 ADVISE & DISSENT
Save Our Libraries, by Constance B. Cooke.
125 THE POLITICS OF SEX
Satire, by Tom Cheney
DEPARTMENTS
4 HOUSECALL
6 FORUM
22 CALL ME MADAM
25 VIEW FROM THE TOP
34 DREAMS & DIVERSIONS
82 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER
108 BEN STEIN'S DAY OFF
123 HOFMEKLER'S PEOPLE
130 JACKIE MARTLING'S JOKE BOOK
133 HARD TIMES
136 PARTING SHOT