CONTENTS 1
1 Uncle Sam s Islands 1
2 The Wild West s Legacy of Shame 5
3 A Lot of Rubbish 10
4 Mystery—and May be Danger—in the Air 14
5 Doctor s AIDS Death Renews Debate on Who Should Know 19
6 Crisis in the Science Classroom 24
7 Coverage Denied 29
8 Wheel of Misfortune 33
9 New Age Layoffs 37
10 A Severe Case of Taxophobia 41
11 Let s Give Pearl Harbor a Rest 45
12 The Weather s Too Damn Nice 49
13 Get What You Want Out of Life 54
14 The Simple Life Comes Back 57
15 The Decline of Neatness 61
16 Are Cities Obsolete? 66
17 Why Congress Doesn t Work? 70
18 A Senator s Double Life 74
19 A Ground War Begins 78
20 The Killing of Carol Stuart 83
21 Bigots in the Ivory Tower 87
22 Do the Elderly Want to Work? 93
23 The Future of Abortion 97
24 Beyond Thrift and Loyalty 101
25 Homeless,U.S.A 110
26 Gambling on a Roll 116
27 Should Drugs Be Legalized? 120
28 Cops Under Fire 125
29 Electronic Mail 130
30 The New Nuclear Age 134
31 An Officer,Not a Gentleman 138
32 The Open Barn Door 142
33 A Nation of Finger Pointers 146
34 Exorcising an Old Demon 149
35 The War over Family Values 154
36 Reuniting the Flock 159
37 A Royal Pain for the Crown 163
38 What Ever Happened to the Population Explosion? 168
39 Farms under the Gun 173
40 A House in Two Parts 177