Vol. 148 No. 12
NATION
MAKING TRACKS FOR CHICAGO, THE PRESIDENT CAMPAIGNS WHISTLE-STOP STYLE
THE FALSE POLITICS OF VALUES (CONVENTION '96)
THE RHETORIC SOUNDS GOOD. BUT THERE IS MUCH THAT BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO ADMIT AS THEY PUSH FOR A MORE VIRTUOUS SOCIETY
SKUNK AT THE FAMILY PICNIC (THE DEMOCRATS)
JUST AS BILL CLINTON ARRIVES FOR HIS CHICAGO CORONATION, HIS CHIEF POLITICAL STRATEGIST FINDS HIMSELF IN A SEX SCANDAL AND OUT OF A JOB
INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW: IS THIS STORY TRUE? (THE DEMOCRATS)
"EVEN IF THIS DESTROYS ME ..." (THE DEMOCRATS)
"LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN..." (THE DEMOCRATS)
WORLD
DESPITE STRONG WARNINGS FROM WASHINGTON, THE IRAQI LEADER GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDS
SCIENCE
VIOLENT OUTBURSTS OF GAS FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SUN COULD LEAD TO BIG TROUBLE HERE ON EARTH
SOCIETY
CALIFORNIA MANDATES CHEMICAL CASTRATION FOR REPEAT CHILD MOLESTERS
RELIGION
THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION HIT BOOKSTORES LAST MONTH, ANOTHER SIMPLIFIED BIBLE VYING IN A $400 MILLION YEARLY MARKET. WHAT HATH THEY WROUGHT?
SPORT
"TIGER" WOODS DROPS OUT OF COLLEGE TO BECOME A MULTIMILLIONAIRE--AND THE TOUR'S BEST NEW GOLFER
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
IF YOU WEREN'T A PARENT, YOU JUST MIGHT HAVE FELT LEFT OUT IN CHICAGO
BIZWATCH
IS SCIENCE HISTORY? (Ideas)
THE MAJOR QUESTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN SETTLED, SAYS A CONTROVERSIAL BOOK. BUT SURELY THAT'S PREMATURE
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY
MOVE OVER PEROT. IMAGINE FARRAKHAN WITH A BILLION
TO OUR READERS
PEOPLE
DOES THE MORRIS THING MATTER?
EITHER IT IS THE OLDEST STORY--SEX, POLITICS AND STUPIDITY--OR A MORE DISTURBING SYMPTOM
Read the story
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: FOR BETTER OR WORSE?
THREE TEARS FOR THE DEMOCRATS!
MILESTONES
NOTEBOOK
ONE BIG FAMILY, STUPID
EDUCATION
DOLE DECLARES TEACHERS' UNIONS A MENACE, BUT CLINTON'S THEIR PET
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
IN OVER THEIR HEADS (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A CHARACTER ADRIFT IN THE EDDIES OF IRAN-CONTRA; AN AUTHOR ADRIFT IN HER OWN WRITERLY CONCEIT
SAME STORY, NEW ATTITUDE (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
TWO PUBLISHERS RESUSCITATE A CHILDREN'S "CLASSIC"
PARIS MATCHES (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
ROHMER SETS THREE TALES IN THE CITY OF LOVERS