ANALYSIS
Tiny Taiwan Looms Large
Helle Bering-Jensen
Nonprofits That Push the Political Envelope
Alan Reynolds

COMMENTARY
A New Generation of Dominican Politicians
Bernardo Vega
Do We Need an IRS?: Abolishing the IRS Is a Fantasy
Joe Cobb
Do We Need an IRS?: We Can Do Better
David R. Burton

EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
Citizenship and Paternity
David C. Slade

MEDIA IN REVIEW
Illiberal Arts: Campus Censorship
Virginia Lam

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
From Politics to Pulpit
Robert Selle

WORLD VIEWS
Clinton in South America

 

COMMUNITY
Gabriel's Angels: Helping Hands of Maryland's Gabriel Project
Craig J. Renner

PROFILE
Warm Friend of a Cold Land: A Profile of James Houston
Eric P. Olsen

FEATURED BOOK
Introduction
Editor

REVIEWS
Secrets and Lies
Judith E. Chettle
LOVER, TRAITOR
Anna Mitgutsch, translated by Roslyn Theobald

The Little Tramp
Lloyd Eby
CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND HIS TIMES
Kenneth S. Lynn

Testimonials of Delight and Reason
Philip Gerard
REQUIRED READING
Andrew Delbanco
LITERATURE LOST
John M. Ellis

Broken Hearts and Blood Feuds
Bob Gingher
THE MERCY SEAT
Rilla Askew

Surrendering Paradise
David Huddle
JUDGMENT HILL
Castle Freeman Jr.

To Be a Pilgrim
Franz M. Oppenheimer
WHITTAKER CHAMBERS
Sam Tanenhaus

FILM
Gong Li, Empress of Chinese Cinema
Scarlet Cheng

GALLERY
James Houston: 'One Thought Fills Immensity'
Editor

MUSIC
Hildegard Forever
Peter Catalano

NEW DIRECTIONS
Pleasing the Palette: 'Edible Art' a Tasteful Medium
Stephen Henkin

NATURE WALK
Canaries of the Sea
Jerry Shine

SCIENCE ESSAY
The Cultural Challenge to Scientific Knowledge
Dinshaw K. Dadachanji

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Mapping Nature's Molecules
Elzy Kolb

FOLK WISDOM
How the World Began: Creation Stories From Central Australia
Peter Holden

HERITAGE
Struttin' in Style: Mummery in Philadelphia
James Allison

PATTERNS
The Path of Kobo Daishi: Shikoku's Henro Pilgrimage
Dave Bartruff; Text By Norman Sklarewitz

PEOPLES
A Many-Layered Mask: A Native Alaskan Community's Russian Legacy
Dan Marshall
Only the Bible Counts: Karaism in Israel
Nechemia Meyers