Java's a year old. Can it walk and talk yet?

By a 6-3 vote, the Justices throw out Colorado's notorious Amendment 2. Will gay marriage be the Court's next challenge?

George McGovern's political career was based on caring for those who needed help the most. But, as he relates in his painfully revealing new book, he could not save his own child.

The Republican contender's biggest problems begin at home

Bob Dole clears the decks to try to save his campaign

In their new books, Michael Lerner and Mary Pipher offer strategies to protect the American family from the assaults of commerce and modern life. But their imaginations aren't up to the challenge.

Seattle mayor strikes back at hate radio

With lax regulators and daredevil pilots, we can expect more nightmarish crashes like that of ValuJet Flight 592

Atlanta is proudly decking itself out for the Olympics. But even in the capital of the New South, you can still hear echoes of old Dixie, says civil rights historian Melissa Fay Greene.

A new bill showing signs of life on Capitol Hill would plug a couple of gaping wounds in America's health care system. But, says the author of a new book on Clinton's ill-fated health plan, more and more Americans are getting sick of the nation's spotty medical coverage.

The psychodrama on the Potomac

In the bland offices of a Dutch insurance company, Europe's most unspeakable crimes since World War II are finally being prosecuted. But will Bosnia's most infamous butchers ever see this room?

The cold death of spymaster William Colby

Geoffrey Canada, author of "Fist Stick Knife Gun," talks about the ominous mood of the inner city as summer approaches

Coming to a screen near you, the shocking, true tale of how innocent American drivers got greased!

Gay marriage is not enough

Clinton finally cranks up war on meth

Killer kids: Are they curable?

Another Clinton "bombshell" book

Can Bob Dole's campaign be saved?

Ms. says take your daughters to work, but keep your sons with the nanny

Investigative reporter Jeff Stein uncovers FBI's mishandling of evidence which could limit the case against suspected bomber

Phoning from Beirut, photojournalist Ed Kashi tells how Israel's "surgical strike" against Hezbollah is playing into the hands of the enemy it vowed to destroy

How the computer trade press paves the vaporware trail

Mindful of the fatalities and public relations disasters resulting from the Waco and Ruby Ridge sieges, federal authorities have adopted a low-key approach to the standoff with the so-called "Freemen".