ANALYSIS
California Boomin'
Steven Hayward

COMMENTARY
An Open Letter to the New President
Murray Weidenbaum

EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
A Clash Over Wetlands
David C. Slade

MEDIA IN REVIEW
TV Sex in the 1990s
Thomas Johnson

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.: Historian Laureate
Robert R. Selle

WORLD VIEWS
Middle East Crisis

 

FOOD
Christmas Spice: Nuremberg Lebkuchen
Sharon Hudgins

TRAVEL
A Trip of the Heart: A Tour of Siena, Italy
Anna Rivola-Clay

WRITERS AND WRITING
The Accidental Masterpiece: A Profile of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
J.B. Cheaney

GALLERY
Painting on Light: Drawings and Stained Glass in the Age of Dürer and Holbein
Editor

MUSIC
Laudate Pueri: The World of the Vienna Choir Boys
Peter Catalano

PERSPECTIVES
Reinventing Nashville
Barry McCloud

THEATER
Experiment on the Nile: Cairo's International Theater Festival
Stephen Henkin

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
India's Sci-Tech Powerhouse
Srinivasa Ranganathan

NATURE WALK
Not Just a Hole in the Ground
Trevor D. Ford

SCIENCE AND RELIGION: UNEASY BEDFELLOWS?
The World as History
James B. Miller

FOLK WISDOM
People of Wood: Houses, Canoes, and Latrines in Maori Tradition
David Hicks And Photographed By Maxine Hicks

HERITAGE
From Pagans to Presidents: The Christmas Tree Tradition
Earle F. Layser

PATTERNS
Half The World: The Heart of Iran in Isfahan
Dave Bartruff

PEOPLES
Holding Hands in Public: The Emergence of Dating in Iran
Azish Filabi And Photographed By Ben Barber
Within the Walls: Ethiopia's Islamic City of Harar
William Connery