A Passion That Could Be Better Directed By Barbara Anthony Rhodes, Barbara Anthony Rhodes is a professor at Cal State Northridge and director of the university's DuBois-Hamer Institute for African American Achievement
Time Is Right to Solve Key Issues By Anthony C. Beilenson, Anthony C. Beilenson, a Democrat, recently retired after 20 years in Congress. He represented the 24th Congressional District, which includes much of the San Fernando Valley
Connect the Stadium to the City By William Fulton, William Fulton is editor of California Planning & Development Report and a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate School Research Institute. His book, "The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles," will be published by Solano Press Books in May
President Clinton, You're No Teddy Roosevelt By Kathleen M. Dalton, Kathleen M. Dalton, a Charles Warren fellow at Harvard University, is writing a biography of Theodore Roosevelt for Knopf
Elia Kazan: Can 'Naming Names' Be the One Unforgivable Sin? By Martin E. Marty, Martin E. Marty, a professor of the history of religion at the University of Chicago and senior editor of the Christian Century magazine, directs the Public Religion Project, a nonprofit group analyzing the role of religion in American life
Clinton's Mission: In (Some) Government We Trust By William Schneider, William Schneider, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a political analyst for CNN
Bad News for the LAPD: The Tabloids Offer Big Rewards By Joseph D. Mcnamara, Joseph D. McNamara, the retired police chief of San Jose, is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His latest book is "Code 211 Blue."
Will Pakistan Again Compromise Principle? By Paula R. Newberg, Paula R. Newberg, senior associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, is the author of "Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan" (Cambridge University Press)
A New Generation of Enviro-Activists By David Kraut, David Kraut is a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs in New York City and will attend New York University Law School in the fall."
Choosing a Police Chief Is More Than a Professional Decision By Xandra Kayden, Xandra Kayden, a political scientist at UCLA's School of Public Policy and Social Research, is writing a book on the political structure of Los Angeles. She is the author of "Surviving Power" (Free Press)
The David Viscott You Didn't Know By Nora Zamichow, Times staff writer Nora Zamichow's last article for the magazine was on the post-earthquake reconstruction of the Santa Monica Freeway
THE True Turkey By Dale M. Brown, Brown is a writer and editor based in Alexandria, Va. and editor of Time-Life Books' archeological adventure series, "Lost Civilizations."