CITY DYNAMICS : Universities Shouldn't Remain Above the Fray Xandra Kayden, Xandra Kayden, acting director of the UCLA Policy Forum, is writing a book on the political structure of Los Angeles. She is the author of "Surviving Power" (Free Press).
POLITICS : As Parties Fragment, Can Gingrich Win It for Clinton? Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips, publisher of American Political Report, is author of "The Politics of Rich and Poor." His new book is "Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street and the Frustrations of American Politics" (Little Brown).
THE STATE : Will It Be the Speakership That Ate the Assembly? Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior associate at the Center for Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate School and a political analyst for KCAL-TV.
BOSNIA / A Question of Stature : Setting a Foreign-Policy Agenda Charles A. Kupchan, Charles A. Kupchan, senior fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations and a professor at Georgetown University, was on the staff of the National Security Council for the first year of the Clinton Administration.
THE NATION / THE CULTURE WARS : No Man a Hero to a Valet, Today We're All Valets Ronald Goldfarb, Ronald Goldfarb, an attorney, worked for Robert F. Kennedy in the Justice Department for four years. He is the author of "Perfect Villains, Imperfect Heroes: Robert F. Kennedy's War Against Organized Crime," to be published by Random House this month.
BOOK REVIEW HOLIDAY SPECIAL SECTION : Suffer the Child MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, Marian Wright Edelman's most recent book is "Guide My Feet: Prayers and Meditations on Loving and Working for Children" (Beacon Press). She is the Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund
BOOK REVIEW HOLIDAY SPECIAL SECTION : Animal Magic JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's most recent book is "When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals" (with Susan McCarthy). A recovering psychoanalyst, he is also the author of "The Assault on Truth," "Against Therapy," as well as other anti-psychiatry books, and is currently writing about the feelings of dogs
BOOK REVIEW HOLIDAY SPECIAL SECTION : Nurturing Your Little Nerd RICHARD WATSON, Richard Watson teaches philosophy at Washington University. His most recent books are "The Philosopher's Demise: Learning French" and "Representational Ideas From Plato to Patricia Churchland."