NATION

WORLD

Peacemaking War (Somalia)

The drive to punish a renegade warlord pits allies in the blue-helmet force against one another

WAR & TERRORISM

Then There Was Nunn (The Military)

After six months of negotiations and wrangling over language, the Administration fashions a gay compromise -- but there's trouble ahead

SCIENCE

Born Gay?

Studies of family trees and DNA make the case that male homosexuality is in the genes

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

Burn Thy Neighbor (Crime)

Where can a child molester go after serving time? Not home

RELIGION

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Choose Your Poison (Drugs)

While the government boasts that drug use has fallen, the range of intoxicants has increased, ensnaring a new generation

Flood, Sweat and Tears (Cover Disasters)

Driven by incessant, violent rains, a monster deluge tears a watery swath from Minnesota to Missouri

BUSINESS

Motown Turns a Corner

Surprise! Detroit is winning back market share from the Japanese, and making money to boot

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: An Outlaw Who Loved Laws (Art)

France's Jean Dubuffet proclaimed himself a raw radical, but a new show displays his ease with nuance and tradition

Attention TV Shoppers (Video)

A merger of the two largest home-shopping channels signals a new phase in a fast-growing industry

TO OUR READERS

ESSAY