ANALYSIS
The Real 1980s
Spencer Abraham
A Smoke Screen for Brutal Interest Rates
Michael Meeropol
Growth: The Ultimate Economic Policy
Bruce Bartlett
The Virtue of Tax-Cut Consistency
Norman B. Ture
The Golden Goose vs. the Big-Government Turkey
Paul M. Weyrich

COMMENTARY
The Impending Medicare Catastrophe
Morton A. Kaplan
Slavery: Worldwide Evil
Charles Jacobs
A Balanced Budget Is Not the Answer
Michael Johns

ECONOMIC WATCH
Uncle Sam's Tax Collector
Sue Carls

ELECTION '96
Abortion: Still a Key Issue
Nancy E. Roman

WORLD VIEWS
State of the Union 1996

 

HOME
A Celebration of Blue
Kay Cox

PROFILE
Her Work Is Never Done
Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto

REVIEWS
Rom
Lee Congdon
BURY ME STANDING
Isabel Fonseca

Lewis Carroll: Room Enough
Jack Ketch
LEWIS CARROLL
Morton Cohen

Known but Unknown
Ninian Smart
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson

From Tolerance to Persecution
Thilo Ullmann
THE ORIGINS OF THE INQUISITION IN FIFTEENTH CENTURY SPAIN
Benzion Netanyahu
THE END OF DAYS
Erna Paris

CRAFT & DESIGN
Tool Tool Terrific
Cynthia Grenier

FILM
Shepard to the Rescue: Preservationist Restores Endangered Films' Splendor
John C. Tibbetts

MUSIC
The Divine Levine: King of America's Maestros
Peter Catalano

THEATER
Casting a Commercial Face: British Theater Schools in Crisis
Herb Greer

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
In the Eye of Complexity
Gene Levinson

NATURE WALK
A Feathered Friend Stands Tall
Ian de Silva

FOLK WISDOM
Queen of the Desert: The Palm Tree as Cultural Symbol
Rachel Hajar

PATTERNS
Alleyways of the Medina: Morocco's Mystic Labyrinths
Ben Barber

PEOPLES
Our Small Country: Language and Identity in Luxembourg
Stephen Osmond
Little Sunshine: Ukraine's Love for the Sunflower
Alla Rogers