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Scott's thoughts on the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago.

Weekend Edition sports commentator Ron Rapoport talks about the Tiger Woods phenomenon. The 20 year old golfer goes after his third straight amateur title.

Scott talks to Stanford history professor Estelle Freedman about her new biography, "Maternal Justice: Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform Tradition." Van Waters worked for the cause of socially disadvantaged women at the Massachusetts Reformatory for Women in Framingham from 1932 to 1957. (The University of Chicago Press, 1996)

gives President Clinton an unearned boost in public > opinion polls.

Yesterday, President Clinton granted the FDA authority to regulate tobacco products. NPR's Richard Harris reports on what that will mean.

that contains personal information about most people in the country. Opponents call it an invasion of privacy. But the company says the criticism is based on rumors and false information.

Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green talks about the tangible evidence that miracles do happen, and that in Christianity, these things are often not pretty; sometimes they're downright tacky, in fact.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports from the United Nations on the signing today of a treaty banning nuclear testing. The United States was the first to sign the treaty and following the signing, President Clinton delivered his annual address to the U.N. General Assembly. He called for all countries to get toughter on terrorists and drug traffickers.

There's a new cd by the Hilliard Ensemble, singing a compostition by Estonian-born composer Arvo Part. The music is based on a series of 24 prayers...one for each hour of the day...written by St. John Chrysostom. Music critic Tom Manoff says there is magic buried deep in the music. (3:30) (S

Republican lawmakers have given up their effort to allow states to bar the children of illegal immigrants from public schools. President Clinton had threatened to veto the overall immigration reform bill if it came to him with the ban included. The provision was supported by Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that negotiators from the House and Senate agreed to drop the amendment in order to save the rest of the immigration bill.