Vol. 123 • February 1996 • No. 4

Correspondence 2
KRUSE, ELLA & CUSHING, DAVID & SETZLER, JOSIE & DEHNER, EUGENE & PAGE, BROTHER THOMAS MORE & Hogan, Lawrence D. & RIGA, PETER J. & J., Richard A. McCormick, S. & BURKHART, MARIAN & Komonchak, Joseph A.
Editorial Two families 5
Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
Et cetera More sinister than fluoridation 6
Where 'Frontline' failed 6
McComish, Barbara S Thorp, Frances X Hogan, Madeline
Perspective on welfare 7
McCloskey, Liz
The media vs the people 8
McCarthy, Abigail
Conversation in black & white What happens when twelve people meet on nine Saturdays to talk about race? The answer may surprise you 9
Franklin, Robert
Tints and Shadings 10
deVito, E B
THE ERA OF 'BIG' GOVERNMENT A capitalist society depends on noncapitalist values in order to hold together and prosper If Newt Gingrich and his allies think America's problem is government, they misunderstand the past and misread the future 11
Jr, E J Dionne
IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 15
Martin, T R
Leaving Las Vegas Dead Nan Walking Our reviewer illuminates the difference between kitsch and art while judging the movie made of Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking both brilliant and disturbing 17
Alleva, Richard
City Life by Witold Rybczynski 19
Elie, Paul
Reason to Believe by Mario Cuomo 21
Duffy, James
Albert Speer by Gitta Sereny 22
Vish, Donald H
The Diaries of Dawn Powell edited by Tim Page 24
Keen, Suzanne
Poet's Book of Psalms edited by Laurance Wieder 25
Thibodeau, Ralph
Religion Booknotes 26
Cunningham, Lawrence S
Race & anger 31
Thompson, Cliff

 
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