ANALYSIS
Albania: Balkan Time Bomb
Rick E. Bruner
Unfolding Problems in the PRC
Excerpts from Inside China Mainland
The Economics of Truth in Sentencing
Steven J. Twist

COMMENTARY
Restoring Military Morale
Robert L. Maginnis
False Diversity Bears Bitter Fruit
Nino Langiulli

ECONOMIC WATCH
Mutual Funds: 'Banks' of the '90s
Alan Lavine

ELECTION '96
First in the Presidential Ring
Bill Pascoe

MEDIA IN REVIEW
The Media's Fascination With The Bell Curve
Nancy E. Roman

WORLD VIEWS
Republicans Take Charge

 

COMMUNITY
It Takes a Village: An Interview With Former Congressman Rev. Walter Fauntroy
Lynn Musgrave Criner

GARDENS
The Year of the Garden
Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto

HOME
Appraising Your Treasures
W.J. Elvin III

LIFE AND IDEALS
Mama's Calling
Kendall Hunter

FEATURED BOOK: J.M. Coetzee's Master of Petersburg
Introduction
Editor

The Writer's Burden
Judith Chettle

LITERARY TREASURES RECALLED
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
James Thompson

REVIEWS
Culture Is Decisive
Brigitte Berger
RACE AND CULTURE
Thomas Sowell

Dying Is Hard
Robert Cranny
ONE TRUE THING
Anna Quindlen

Marlon Brando: A Dissipated Life
Cynthia Grenier
BRANDO
Marlon Brando
BRANDO
Peter Manso

The Soul of Evolution
Richard L. Lewis
HOW THE LEOPARD CHANGED ITS SPOTS
Brian Goodwin

Reaching Toward 'the Center'
Robert L. Ross
CODA
Thea Astley

Beware the Killer Viruses
Abraham Verghese
THE HOT ZONE
Richard Preston

ART
Rococo Glory: Art of Eighteenth-Century Venice
Herb Greer

CRAFT & DESIGN
The Sorcerer's Touch: William Harper's Cloisonne Wizardry
Stephen Henkin

DANCE
Formula for Success: New York's Joyce Theater
Camille Hardy

FILM
John Ford: The American Old Master
Lloyd Eby

GALLERY
Armen Yepoyan: Where Two Worlds Meet
Editor

MUSIC
Mitsuko Shirai: Lieder's New Leader
Peter Catalano

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
To Know, to Use, to Save
David Tenenbaum

NATURE WALK
The Moose: Ambassador of the North
Charles C. Schwartz

SCIENCE ESSAY
Living Within Our Airwave Limits
Richard C. Dreher

FOLK WISDOM
Telling Tales: African Influence in Afro-American Folklore
Lawanda Randall

HERITAGE
Appalachian Spring: Reviving West Virginia's Coal Towns
Jacqueline Koch

PATTERNS
Lonely 'Little Dog': The Chukchi of Siberia's Oloy Valley
Bryan and Cherry Alexander

PEOPLES
Old World to New: The Drama of Public Squares: Part Two
Michael Webb
As Fleeting as Mist: Funeral Celebrations in Torajaland
Rita and Jim Ariyoshi