ANALYSIS
Revolutionaries on the Potomac
Major Garrett
Crime and Culture in Japan
Michael T. Lempres

COMMENTARY
We're Losing the Drug War
William J. Bennett
Why Not Prayer in School?
William J. Murray
Beyond the Contract With America
Mark Q. Rhoads

ECONOMIC WATCH
The Currency Roller Coaster
Rita McDermott Mayer

ELECTION '96
America First, Last, and Always
J. Jennings Moss

WORLD VIEWS
Terror Strikes Japan

 

GARDENS
The Phantom of the Garden
Virginia Greiner

LEISURE
INNtimate Family Reunions
Ron Callari

LIFE AND IDEALS
Joana's Circle of Life: The Hand That Gives Gathers
Robin Daugherty

PROFILE
Bulgaria's Schindler
Norbert J. Yasharoff

FEATURED BOOK: William Trevor's Felicia's Journey
Lives of Quiet Desperation
Robert Cranny

The Kindness of Strangers
Linda Simon

REVIEWS
Qualities Without a Man
Lee Congdon
THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, 1-2
Robert Musil, translated by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike

Challenge to Democracy
Paul Gottfried
DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL
Jean Bethke Elshtain

Renewing the Foundations
Glenn C. Loury
MASTERS OF THE DREAM
Alan L. Keyes

Shattering the Mao Myth
Ross H. Munro
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF CHAIRMAN MAO
Dr. Li Zhisui

The Americanization of Henry
John Whittier Treat
NATIVE SPEAKER
Chang-rae Lee

CRAFT & DESIGN
Treasured Trash: The Art of Recycling
Karen S. Chambers

DANCE
'The Barre Never Closes': Washington's Venerable School of Ballet
Stephen Henkin

GALLERY
Revealed Treasures: The Hermitage's Historic Exhibit
Editor

MUSIC
The Musicscapes of Toru Takemitsu
Peter Catalano

NATURE WALK
An Ancient Survivor
Jim Osborn

SCIENCE ESSAY
Physics for Physicians
Kurt Stehling

FOLK WISDOM
Ruslan and Ludmila: Stories From the Fairy-Tale Glade: Part Two
Daniel W. Marshall

HERITAGE
A New Constellation: Through the Years to Flag Day
Peggy Robbins

PATTERNS
Keeping Balance: Arizona's Navajo Nation
Jim Lo Scalzo

PEOPLES
Little Doctors: Indian Youths' Unique Health-Care Program
Mathias Tugores