ANALYSIS
The Fatherhood Deficit
Cheryl Wetzstein
Telecommunications Unbound
Adam D. Thierer
Turkey: Geostrategic Stronghold
Aharon Klieman

ECONOMIC WATCH
Overhauling Banking
Gail Liberman

ELECTION '96
Third-Party Thunder
Paul Bedard

WORLD VIEWS
The UN Conference on Women
Editor

 

HEALTH
Take Two Sonatas and Call Me in the Morning
Nancy Butcher

PROFILE
Father of the Phantom
Joseph Szadkowski

LITERARY TREASURES RECALLED
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
James Thompson

REVIEWS
The Road of Good Intentions
Herb Greer
THE VISION OF THE ANOINTED
Thomas Sowell

The Melting Pot Heats Up
Edward S. Shapiro
ALIEN NATION
Peter Brimelow
POSTETHNIC AMERICA
David A. Hollinger

American Dreams
Linda Simon
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Richard Ford

Hope on the Ropes
Thomas Deignan
COLD SNAP
Thom Jones

ART
Visions of Quietude: The Art of Johannes Vermeer
Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto

DANCE
The Feminine Force in Dance
Susan Tenaglia

GALLERY
Daniel Merriam: Visual Thought
Editor

MUSIC
Hindemith in Hindsight
David Eaton

THEATER
Beyond the Fringe
John Elsom
Chinese Theater: Caught in the Current
Sheila Melvin

NATURE WALK
Underwater Paradise
Dwight G. Smith

SCIENCE ESSAY
Vision of the Heavens: Part II: Hubble Explores Deep Space
Stephen P. Maran

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Wilhelm Roentgen: Lifting the Veil
Kurt Stehling

FOLK WISDOM
Mother Leeds' Curse: The Legend of the Jersey Devil
Craig J. Renner

HERITAGE
Everybody Together: Bocce Unites St. Louis' Italian Community
Daniel W. Marshall

PATTERNS
River of Life: The Nile's Constant Rhythms
Dave Bartruff

PEOPLES
Peace to All Nations: Baha'is Establish Israel's Second Holy Mountain
Nechemia Meyers