COVER

An Interview with Ross Perot (Cover Stories)

Working Folks Say. . .'We're Not Interested n Your Damn Positions, Perot, we're interested in your PRINCIPLES.'

Electoral Roulette (Cover Stories)

If no candidate scores a clean win in November, Congress will have to choose the next President and there could be constitutional chaos

Perot and His Presidents (Cover Stories)

He portrays himself as an outsider, but in the Washington game of money and muscle he is actually the consummate inside player

NATION

Back in The Straddle (The Week: Nation)

Bush tries to soothe all sides on urban issues and the environment

Late Vote (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Late Vote

One for The Loggers (The Week: Nation)

The White House puts the spotted owl on a precarious limb

Run, Ross, Run (The Week: Nation)

Hotter than a jalapeno, Perot inches closer to a formal candidacy

WORLD

A Chat with the Gorbachevs (Diplomacy)

The former Soviet President slips easily into the role of senior statesman, showing no regrets about the past and still eager to help shape the future

SCIENCE

Manuel Lujan: The Stealth Secretary (Environment)

Once environmentalists dismissed Interior Department chief Manuel Lujan as an affable bumbler. Now they're frightened by his assault on U.S. conservation programs and natural riches.

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

Health Care for All (The Week: Society)

Vermont adopts a plan to provide universal medical treatment

How to Get America Off the Dole

The explosion in L.A. has redoubled calls for welfare reform, but procedural Band-Aids and fiscal tinkering won't solve the problem

STYLE & DESIGN

Gilded Cages (Design)

New designs for jails and prisons are showing positive results. The question is, can we afford them?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Doing God's Work? (The Week: Business)

Televangelist Robertson bids for a beleaguered news agency

Missing From Action (The Week: Business)

The eerie disappearance of an Exxon executive greases the rumor mill

Pollution Swap (The Week: Business)

Utility companies trade rights to help reduce acid rain

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: Really Rembrandt? (Art)

An exhibition in London demonstrates that many works attributed to the great master, including some famous and much loved ones, were painted by his assistants

PEOPLE

TO OUR READERS

ESSAY