ANALYSIS
Five Ecodespoiled Nations
H. Sterling Burnett
The Myth of Global Hunger
Dennis T. Avery
Iran on the Rocks?
Paul Murphy

COMMENTARY
Partial-Birth Abortion Debate: The Right to Choose
Barbara Boxer, Edward Kennedy, Olympia Snowe, John Kerry
How Uncle Same Came to Be
Sandy Northrop

ECONOMIC WATCH
Grappling With the Gross Domestic Product
Marsha Bertrand

MEDIA IN REVIEW
The Coming of the 'Holodeck'
Robert B. Charles

WORLD VIEWS
President Clinton Reelected

 

PROFILE
Ambassador of the Blues: Folklorist Alan Lomax
Eric P. Olsen

TRAVEL
Touring Tasmania: Vacationing Down Under Down Under
Peter Holden

REVIEWS
Growing Up on Wind Mountain
Doris Betts
FAREWELL, I'M BOUND TO LEAVE YOU
Fred Chappell

Bork Bites Back
Robert Royal
SLOUCHING TOWARDS GOMORRAH
Robert H. Bork

America's Third World
Edward S. Shaprio
WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS
William Julius Wilson

Gnosticism and American Religion
Andrew Wilson
OMENS OF MILLENNIUM
Harold Bloom

Live Ammo in the Literary Canon
Philip Gerard
GREAT BOOKS
David Denby

ARTS WATCH
Balanchinemania: A Choreographic Legacy in Excess
Paula Citron

CRAFT & DESIGN
Painting With Fabric: Maine Quilts on the Edge
Stephen Henkin

MUSIC
Schubert, the Unfinished Symphonist
Tom Pniewski

IMPACTS
Atomic Clocks: Superaccurate Time Keeping
Steve Voynick

NATURE WALK
Nature's Highs
Ian Skilling

SCIENCE ESSAY
Revitalizing Science Education
John W. Moore

PATTERNS
Otavaleno Enterprise: Ecuador's Intriguing Markets
Gaye Hilsenrath

PEOPLES
Cowboys and Samurai: Theme Parks in Japan
Stephen Osmond
Rebuilding Vilnius: Restoration Efforts in Lithuania's Historic Capital
Susan Tenaglia