Won't You Come Home, Carlotta? By Karen English, \o7 Karen English is a teacher and mother of four. "Just Right Stew" is her latest picture book. Her next picture book "Nadia's Hands," published by Boyds Mills Press, will be out in the spring\f7
A Message Discomfiting to All By Benjamin Schwarz, Benjamin Schwarz is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly magazine and a contributing editor to The Times' Book Review
Real Life Loses Out to Reel Life By James P. Pinkerton, James P. Pinkerton is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. E-mail: pinkerto@ix.netcom.com
Poverty Is Still Off the Agenda By Robert L. Borosage, Robert L. Borosage is co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, a center of progressive research and education. Web site: http://www.ourfuture.org
Kids Need More Protection from Chemicals By Lawrie Mott, Lawrie Mott, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council's San Francisco office, directs the Children's Environmental Health Initiative