ANALYSIS
Tracking Nuclear Ambitions
Peter D. Zimmerman
Hard Times on the Democratic Steppes
Michael McNierney
Telecommuting at the Crossroads
Julian Weiss
Rio: A Global Consensus on the Environment
Edgar Maravi

COMMENTARY
The Regulatory Plague Continues
Edward L. Hudgins
FEMA: Disaster Relief or Plain Disaster?
Russell R. Dynes
'Tis the Season to Be Wary--of Litigation
Jordan Lorence

MEDIA IN REVIEW
The People-ization of the Newsweeklies
Brant Clifton and Steven Kaminski

 

CONSUMER
America's Best Bargains
Joe Wilcox

FOOD
Festive Christmas Fare
Kay Shaw Nelson

PASTIMES
Names on the Land
Gregory McNamee

PROFILE
Helping the World's Children
Merlinda Fournier

YOUTH
Teen Medics Save Lives
Sherry Von Ohlsen

FEATURED BOOK: Michael Medved's Hollywood vs. America
Introduction
Editor

By Hollywood Possessed
Todd Gitlin

Chaos Reigns
Stanley Rothman

A Class Apart
Benjamin J. Stein

REVIEWS
Kissinger, the Prince
Paul Gottfried
KISSINGER
Walter Isaacson

The Spurious Freedom of the Ford Years
Larry Woiwode
MEMORIES OF THE FORD ADMINISTRATION
John Updike

A Family in Crisis
Linda Simon
BEFORE AND AFTER
Rosellen Brown

Romancing the Classics
John Bremer
LEMPRIERE'S DICTIONARY
Lawrence Norfolk

The Way They Change Things
Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto
I WILL SING LIFE
Larry Berger, Dahlia Lithwick, and Seven Campers

Academia's Dirty Little Secrets
Edward S. Shapiro
HOW PROFESSORS PLAY THE CAT GUARDING THE CREAM
Richard M. Huber

Stalked by the Special Prosecutor
Russ Braley
UNDUE PROCESS
Elliott Abrams

A Hidden Agenda
James Deese
I'M DYSFUNCTIONAL, YOU'RE DYSFUNCTIONAL
Wendy Kaminer

ART
The Eternal Icon: Treasures From Russia
Eric Gibson
Ribera: A Spanish Realist in Baroque Italy
Jason Edward Kaufman

DANCE
A Ballet Buys Time: The Kirov in Transition
Laura Kumin
Oleg Vinogradov: The Man Behind the Kirov
Maya Wallach

FILM
Splendid Animation
Frank Thompson

MUSIC
Ohlsson Takes on Chopin
John C. Tibbetts

PHOTOGRAPHY
Jasem Behbehani: Apocalyptic Images
A.D. Coleman

POETRY
Life's Shadows Fall
Translated by Graeme Wilson

THEATER
Street Wise Theater
Herb Greer

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE PRAIRIE?
Introduction
Editor
Prairie Prophet
Vince Magers
A Sensible Strategy Facing an Uphill Battle
Frederick Kirschenmann
Shared Visions, Two Paths
John Haberern
Our Greatest Risk
Earl L. Butz
The Wrong Goal
Kenneth P. Vogel

FOLK WISDOM
Greater Than Gold: The Wisdom of Persia's Storytellers
Jan Knappert

HERITAGE
Lighting the Way to Bethlehem: New Mexico's Farolitos and Luminarias
Martha Oehmke Loustaunau
A Cajun Christmas: Hardship, Merriment, and Ethnic Louisianan Culture
Peggy Robbins

PEOPLES
Waiting for the U.S.: The John Frum Cargo Cult of Vanuatu
Anders Rayman
Good Food, Good Shows: America's Dinner Theaters
Eloise Paananen