A War for the Soul of America
Closed mid-September 1992 · On stands late September 1992
The Front
Index of the Quarter
Numbers of the convention season — delegates seated, speeches given, protective status designations issued
The Essay
A War for the Soul of America
Pat Buchanan's August 17 culture-war speech at the Houston convention, and the terms it puts into the campaign's vocabulary for good
The Foreign File
Designated
Bosnia-Herzegovina is designated for Temporary Protected Status on August 10 — what the paperwork means for those already here
The Feature Well
The Delegate
A profile of a first-time convention delegate, the week told through her schedule
The City
Subject: A September morning outside a polling-place registration table
The Back
Books: A review of the season's campaign books · Art: A survey of autumn museum openings in Dallas and Minneapolis · Film: The season's pictures, and a convention-week cable special drawing better numbers than either network's gavel-to-gavel coverage