ANALYSIS
The Karens of Burma: Victims of War
Roger P. Winter
How Qaddafi's Indirect Strategy Is Working
Avigdor Haselkorn
The Pluses and Minuses of Foreign Investment in the United States
Wiliam C. Freund
Uganda's Struggle to Break With the Past
Oliver W. Furley
Private Intervention in Foreign Policy
Amos Perlmutter

COMMENTARY
Where the U.S. Navy Is Headed
Thomas H. Moorer and Clarence A. Hill, Jr.
How Good Is U.S. Energy Security?
S. Fred Singer
U.S. Troops in Europe: Pull Them Out Now
Melvyn Krauss
U.S. Troops in Europe: Needed More Than Ever
Jacquelyn K. Davis

 

BEAUTY
The Cosmetic Dupe
Leil Lowndes

FOOD
Zucchini: The Prolific Summer Squash
Connie Campbell

HEALTH
Snorers' Horrors
Steve Kaplan

HOBBY
Dolls and Teddy Bears: Endearing Collectibles
Ettagale Blauer

HUMOR
Terror in My Heart
Stan Delaplane

SPORTS
Survival Games: Capture the Flag--With Paint Pellet Pistols
Tom Nugent

TRAVEL
Castles for Rent
Elgy Gillespie

REVIEWS
Why Johnny Can't Think
Michael Gelven
THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND
Allan Bloom

From Horatio Alger to Alger Hiss
Thomas Fleming
CENSORSHIP: EVIDENCE OF BIAS IN OUR CHILDREN'S TEXTBOOKS
Paul C. Vitz

Liberty's Nation
Edward S. Shapiro
SPHERES OF LIBERTY
Michael Kammen

A New-Age Crystal Ball Gazer Looks at the Future of Crime
Herbert London
CRIME WARPS
Georgette Bennett

Is There an American Ideology?
Charles L. Griswold, Jr.
IDEOLOGY AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
John K. Roth and Robert C. Whittemore, eds.

The Dalai Lama: Between Tibet and the World
Frank Flinn
THE LAST DALAI LAMA
Michael Harris Goodman

The Moral Tragedy of Menachem Begin
Richard L. Rubenstein
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MENACHEM BEGIN
Amos Perlmutter

Sidney Hook, an Engaging Philosopher
Lee Edwards
OUT OF STEP
Sidney Hook

A Stranger in Two Lands
Larry D. Nachman
THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL
V.S. Naipaul

Dostoyevski in Feliciana Parish
James J. Thompson, Jr.
THE THANATOS SYNDROME
Walker Percy

The Sleep of Reason
Peter Shaw
IMPORTANT NONSENSE
Lionel Abel

Bad Old Times in South Africa
Cynthia Grenier
WOZA AFRIKA!
Duma Ndlovu, Editor

Cities Full of Dreams
Priscilla Montgomery
IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGS
Paul Auster

ART
Art Nouveau Posters and Prints
Richard C. Flint
The Battle of the Biennials: The Whitney Upstaged by the Corcoran
Jane Addams Allen

CRAFT & DESIGN
Dazzling Ceramics Bring the Italian Renaissance to Life
Beryl Platts

DANCE
The Dutch National Ballet: Preacher of the Dance
Christopher V. Davies
Swedish Choreographer Per Jonsson Triumphs With Nimrud
Peter Bohlin

FILM
An Outsider Works the Hollywood System: A Look at Alan Rudolph
Henri Behar

MUSIC
What Has Happened to Wagner's Ring?
Andrew Clark

PERSPECTIVES
Colorization: Not a Black-and-White Issue
Debra Wishik

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographers' Think Tank: The Brooks Institute Focuses on the Mind Behind the Camera
Peter Skinner

POETRY
Leprosario
Reinaldo Arenas; translated by Andrew Hurley

TELEVISION
German Television: Patron Saint of the New Cinema
Will Tremper

THEATER
Paris Theater: The Best Plays Outside the City
Joseph Fitchett
King Lear as a Bad-Tempered Old Man: Anthony Hopkins and David Hare Tackle Shakespeare
Herb Greer

IMPACTS
Newton's Principia in Western History
Richard S. Westfall

NATURE WALK
Fulgurites
Michael Woods

SCIENCE AND SPIRIT
Science and the Divine Origin of Life
Roy Abraham Varghese

SCIENCE ESSAY
The Quest for the Ether
Arthur I. Miller

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
George Washington Carver: Creative Scientist
Vivian E. Hilburn

FOLK WISDOM
'Mandoko' and 'Famine': Two Folktales From Chad
Jan Knappert
Estonian Lore
Selve Maas

HERITAGE
Proud Scots
Andrew Shaughnessy

PEOPLES
The Vitality of the Shinto Faith in Japan
Young Oon Kim
Sun, Salt, and Caravans: The Nomadic Tuareg of Algiers
Gert Muller