ANALYSIS
Sex in the Military
Mindy Belz
Does Abstinence Education Work?
Russell W. Gough
Spying and Security in the '90s
Stanley Kober

COMMENTARY
Bringing Peace to Congo
Jean-Oscar Ngalamulume
Is Campaign-Finance Reform Needed?: Spending Is Out of Control
Deborah Lutterbeck
Is Campaign-Finance Reform Needed?: Superregulating Is a Bad Idea
Pete Du Pont

ECONOMIC WATCH
One Government, Many Deficits
Patrice Hill

MEDIA IN REVIEW
Radio Free Asia Takes Aim
Kevin J. Mcnamara

WORLD VIEWS
The End of Zaire

 

FIRST PERSON
Another Face of Islam: Forgiveness in Tindouf
Frank Ruddy

FOOD
Aguas Frescas: Mexican Thirst Quenchers
Bonnie Walker

FEATURED BOOK
Introduction
Editor

REVIEWS
America's War on Property Rights
John Attarian
PROPERTY MATTERS
James V. DeLong

We the Peoples
Jude P. Dougherty
THE ONE AND THE MANY
Martin E. Marty

The Consolation of Believing
Linda Simon
WHEN THE SONS OF HEAVEN MEET THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH
Fernanda Eberstadt

Summing Up
Stanley Trachtenberg
THE ACTUAL
Saul Bellow

Ship of Fools
Anthony Waddell
THE ORDINARY SEAMAN
Francisco Goldman

Visions of India
Bruce Allen
LOVE AND LONGING IN BOMBAY
Vikram Chandra
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
Arundhati Roy

ARTS WATCH
Dysfunctional Design
Karen S. Chambers

FILM
Hong Kong Cinema: Fifty Years of Electric Shadows
Scarlet Cheng

GALLERY
John Nieto: Spectrum of the Heart
Editor

MUSIC
Travis Brings Country Full Circle
Stephen Henkin

PERSPECTIVES
Burying the Avant-Garde
John Elsom

NATURE WALK
Some Like It Hotter
Dwight G. Smith

SCIENCE ESSAY
Lessons from the Rising Caspian
Michael H. Glantz And Igor S. Zonn

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Ursula Stäubli: Smelling Like a Rat
Gretel Schueller

FOLK WISDOM
Giving Waters: The Lofoten Islands' Maritime Culture
Sherry Von Ohlsen-Karasik

HERITAGE
The Pony Swim: Chincoteague's Annual Roundup
Peter Holden

PATTERNS
Of Water and Mountain: Vietnam's Diverse Population
Pennelope Goodfriend

PEOPLES
Stuck on Elvis: Perceptions and Legacy, Part I
Mark Bergmooser
The Unshakable Elvis: Perceptions and Legacy, Part II
Michael Perry
The Chumak Trail: The Salt Gatherers of Ukraine
Alla Rogers