DANCE
On Toe, Nowhere to Go
Dance in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague
Leland Windreich
Dance development in three European cultural capitals has ground to a halt, as national funding goes to other priorities.
MUSIC
Rachmaninoff's Piano Legacy
John C. Tibbetts
On the fiftieth anniversary of Rachmaninoff's death, Ruth Laredo discusses the formidable challenges his works pose for the pianist.
THEATER
Poland's Theatrical Vision
Claudia Woolgar
Countries newly freed from communist domination would do well to look to Poland for creative vision in theater.
POETRY
Wistfully Dreaming While Awake
William Oxley
A view of life's immediate surroundings that only a poet could perceive.
ART
Wilfredo Lam
Multicultural Modernist
Jason Edward Kaufman
Lam fought for Spain, became an intimate of Picasso, and fled the Nazis, returning home to invent the art of Afro-Cuban experience.
GALLERY
Dominic Man-Kit Lam
CHROMOSKEDASIC PAINTING
Dominic Man-Kit Lam is a most unusual artist...
CHILDREN
The Triumph of Foreign Adoption
Fred Setterberg
International kids and adoptive parents build families without borders.
TRAVEL
Touring Saint Patrick's Homeland
M. Melissa McCormick
Northern Ireland is more than the home of the "troubles." Saint Patrick lived there, and the places he once occupied now serve the cause of peace.
FOOD
In Search of the Perfect Loaf
Linda Joyce Forristal
An American baker seeks the soda bread that is the pride of her ancestral Ireland.
PROFILE
Airplane Heaven
Varda Avnisan and Richard Nowitz
Rare and one-of-a-kind aircraft are restored to their original glory at the Garber.
GARDEN
Outwitting Winter
Virginia Greiner
There are ways to have a breath of spring indoors during winter.
FOLK WISDOM
Wizards, Wars, and Wives
The Hero in Arabian Legend and Lore: Part Two
Jan Knappert
Arab storytelling embellishes traditional heroic legends with tales of superhuman conquests of villainous kings, threatening giants, and multitudes of princesses.
PEOPLES
A Salty Oasis
Salt Production in Azraq, Jordan
Vivian Ronay
A unique Druze cooperative in the middle of the desert provides an essential product to the rest of Jordan.
That Old-time Music!
Fiddlin' and Dancin' on Prince Edward Island
Ken Perlman
Simple things like dancing and good neighbors bring happiness and unity to this Canadian community.
Long Secluded
Cultural Evolution in Mizoram
Lalit Gambhir
Despite recent unrest, cultural continuity and diversity characterize the Mizo tribes of northeast India.
HERITAGE
Still Kicking
Saint Patrick's Day in Butte, Montana
Joe Bensen
Though Butte has lost its economic base, it has ways of showing the world it has plenty of spunk.
MANAGING MORTALITY: THE ETHICS OF EUTHANASIA
Introduction
Euthanasia and Prenatal Genetic Testing
Two Cases for Responsible Use of Freedom
Stephen G. Post
Euthanasia, though it should be allowed in the absence of palliation, should generally be viewed skeptically. The coming era of widespread prenatal genetic testing will be a boon to humankind, but we must guard against creating "designer" babies.
Euthanasia and Morality
The Possibility of Dying a `Good' Death
Rosemarie Tong
The six forms of euthanasia differ from one another on the basis of two elements: the extent of the patient's consent and how actively the caregiver ends the patient's life. In each form of euthanasia, different ethical principles are locked in struggle.
Responses to Stephen Post and Rosemarie Tong
Killing and Allowing to Die
The Ethical Importance of Precise Language
Gilbert Meilaender
To care for others may sometimes mean allowing them to die and being present wih them in that dying. But it will not--except perhaps in the rarest of circumstances--mean aiming at their death.
Euthanasia and the Red Herring of Totalitarianism
Chris Hackler
There simply is no good evidence that legalizing voluntary euthanasia was the key that unlocked the Nazi closet of horrors.
Physician-Assisted Death
R.G. Frey
The claim that "nature" or the "illness" in question killed the mother is not the whole truth; the doctor's refusal to intervene and save her is a causal factor as well.
The Touchstone of Compassion
Walter Benjamin
Critics contend doctors are more interested in high-tech medicine than in giving basic care to the impoverished and ministering to them with compassionate words and caring hands.
First Things First
Euthanasia and America's Problem of Individualism
Ronald P. Hamel
In the area of health care, the pendulum has swung from almost absolute paternalism to near absolute autonomy, fueled by the individualism that pervades American society.
Stephen G. Post Replies
I worry that preemptive strikes against a natural death will spill over to strikes against senility in general and even against aging in a society that wrongly worships youthfulness.
Rosemarie Tong Replies
If society decides that the law ought to protect physicians who practice euthanasia and assisted suicide, the rules had better be clear.
ESSAYS
Budget Deficits Don't Matter
Arthur B. Laffer
Whether government borrows (by running deficits) or taxes, the economic impact is the same. However, government spending has skyrocketed in the past forty years, and it is this trend, not the obfuscatory deficit issue, that should be the focus of current policy discussions.
