The Sport of Exiles JESSE KATZ, Jesse Katz is a Times national correspondent. His last piece for the magazine was on Southwest Airlines
Viva la Diffa MICHELLE HUNEVEN, Michelle Huneven's last article for the magazine was on Chinese cooking. She is the author of "Round Rock," a novel
Gut Check At Mach 1 ALAN ABRAHAMSON, Alan Abrahamson, a Times staff writer, last wrote for the magazine about a Los Angeles couple's fight to collect on a Holocaust-era life insurance policy
Put Tobacco Settlement Cash to Good Use WILLIAM AULENBACH, The Rev. William Aulenbach is a retired clergyman connected with St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Laguna Beach and is co-chair of the Interfaith Coalition
When The Reading Light Went On MARIA ELENA DURAZO, Maria Elena Durazo, 46, president of Hotel and Restaurant Employees Local 11 and commissioner, city of Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Parks:
Special Education's Value: Dignity, Not Dollars and Cents BILL BOWMAN, Bill Bowman is executive director of Regional Center of Orange County, a nonprofit organization to help people with developmental disabilities and their families
In Canada, Schuss Farther on Packages LUCY IZON, Lucy Izon is a Toronto-based freelance travel writer and author of "Izon's Backpacker Journal." Internet http://www.izon.com
Cooking Up Some Shipboard Memories SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Shirley Slater and Harry Basch travel as guests of the cruise lines. Cruise Views appears the first and third week of every month
Transcending Time at Taos GRACE LICHTENSTEIN, Grace Lichtenstein, who formerly covered the Rocky Mountain West for the New York Times, lives in Corrales, N.M., and New York City
Skewered in Seattle John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge are U.S. correspondents for the Economist. Their new book, "A Future Perfect: The Essentials of Globalization," will be published in May
Register Your Car and Your Commitment SHERRY LANSING, Sherry Lansing is a member of the UC Board of Regents and chairman of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group. Information on the AIDS research license plate: http://www.4acure.org
Is Villaraigosa a True Consensus-Builder? Steve Scott, Steve Scott is political editor of California Journal, a nonpartisan monthly that covers California government and politics
Skewered in Seattle Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition." and that they could not agree on an alternative agenda
Don't Complete the Belmont Learning Complex Ira Reiner, Ira Reiner, a former L.A. district attorney, was executive director and chief counsel of the Belmont Independent Commission
Another Step Toward Peace, Another Obstacle Kelly Candaele, Kelly Candaele is a contributing writer for Irish America Magazine and has written extensively on Northern Ireland for several national publications
Lee Kuan Yew David Lamb, David Lamb is Southeast Asia bureau chief for The Times
When Politics Is Also Psychology Peter Wolson, Peter Wolson, a psychoanalyst, is director of training at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies
Why Not Create the $100,000 Teacher? LOWELL MILKEN, Lowell Milken is chairman and co-founder of the Santa Monica-based Milken Family Foundation. His report "A Matter of Quality: a Strategy for Assuring the High Quality of America's Teachers" is available at http://www.mff.org