THE CULTURE : How Urban Myths Reveal Society's Fears Neal Gabler, Neal Gabler is the author of "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood." His new book is "Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Cult of Celebrity" (Knopf)
Real Peril Lurks at Radical Fringes Robin Wright and Ehud Sprinzak, Robin Wright, author of "Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam" (Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster), covers global issues for The Times. Ehud Sprinzak, author of "The Ascendance of the Israel's Radical Right," (Oxford Univeristy Press) teaches political science at Hebrew University in Jerusalem
THE STATE : The Unintended Political Earthquake Set Off by Prop. 187 David E. Hayes-Bautista and Gregory Rodriguez, David E. Hayes-Bautista and Gregory Rodriguez, associate editors at Pacific News Service, are, respectively, executive director and senior fellow at the Alta California Research Center
RABIN'S LEGACY : Surest Way to a Lasting Peace James A. Baker III, James A. Baker III served as secretary of state from 1989-1992 and is the author of "The Politics of Diplomacy" (Putnam)
A Disease Cowboy Turns to Trout RICHARD MANNING, Richard Manning is the author of three nonfiction books, the latest of which is "Grassland: The History, Biology, Politics, and Promise of the American Prairie." It was published by Viking in September