ANALYSIS
An End to Cambodia's Civil War?
John Kreiger
Gambling on a Velvet Divorce
Ben Barber
Brazil: From Chaos to Reform
William Perry

COMMENTARY
The Hard Lessons of Somalia
Margaret Calhoun
How to Handle Sexual Predators
Andrew Vachss
Let's Tighten Up Our Asylum Laws
Dan Stein

MEDIA IN REVIEW
Clintonomics: Good News and Bad News
Diana Owen

WORLD VIEWS
The Early Clinton Administration

 

HEALTH
Inventor for the Heart
Elizabeth J. Sherman

SPORTS
The Old Look in New Ballparks
James C. Roberts

TRAVEL
Antwerp: A Cultural Capital
Masha Nordbye

FEATURED BOOK: Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy
The Mind of a Psychopath
Darcy O'Brien

A Terrible Beauty
Robert Cranny

'You Lie in Wait . . .': An Interview With Patrick McCabe
Wendy Herstein

REVIEWS
Confronting Democracy's Flaws
Lee Edwards
OUT OF CONTROL
Zbigniew Brzezinski

Liberal Angst
Charles J. Sykes
THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY
Amitai Etzioni

Of Fakes and Flakes
Linda Simon
THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE
T. Coraghessan Boyle

The Gospel According to Ishmael
Playthell Benjamin
JAPANESE BY SPRING
Ishmael Reed

The Mystery of 1492
Thilo Ullmann
THE JEWS OF SPAIN
Jane S. Gerber
SPAIN AND THE JEW
Edited by Elie Kedourie
SEPHARDIM
Paloma Diaz-Mas, translated by George K. Zucker

Myths for the Moderns
John Bremer
THE MARRIAGE OF CADMUS AND HARMONY
Roberto Calasso, translated by Tim Parks

DANCE
Bejart Boosts Berlin
Bruce Merrill

DESIGN
China's Celestial Costumes
Scarlet Cheng

FILM
CineMythology
Elliott Stein

MUSIC
Beethoven a la Brendel
Theodore W. Libbey, Jr.

THEATER
Descending Angels: Visitation of a Gay Fantasia
Cynthia Grenier

IMPACTS
Methyl Bromide: Fallout From a Pending Phaseout
Linda And Bill Bonvie

NATURE WALK
Alien Purple
Dwight G. Smith

SCIENCE ESSAY
An Untapped Solar Energy Source
Michael A. Champ

FOLK WISDOM
To Be A Human Being: Korean Folktales Tell of Animals' Magical Character
Jong Yil Ra

HERITAGE
An Abiding Legacy: The Spillville Centennial Celebrates Dvorak's Iowa Retreat
John C. Tibbetts

PEOPLES
Mississippi Dockside Gambling: Casino Development Along the Bible Belt's Gulf Coast
Peggy Robbins