Death penalty update (January 8)
Obesity and health (January 15)
Role of foundations (January 22)
International monetary fund (January 29)
Digital commerce (February 5)
Plea bargaining (February 12)
Y2K dilemma (February 19)
Future of the papacy (February 26)
The politics of energy (March 5)
Partisan politics (March 19)
Holocaust reparations (March 26)
School vouchers (April 9)
The future of telecommunications (April 23)
Women and human rights (April 30)
Independent counsels re-examined (May 7)
National education standards (May 14)
Setting environmental priorities (May 21)
Drug-resistant bacteria (June 4)
Saving the rain forests (June 11)
Boys' emotional needs (June 18)
Patriotism in America (June 25)
Childhood depressions (July 16)
New challenges in space (July 23)
Defense priorities (July 30)
Regulating pesticides (August 6)
Hospitals' financial woes (August 13)
Medical marijuana (August 20)
Traffic congestion (August 27)
Drugmakers under siege (September 3)
Adoption controversies (September 10)
Prison-building boom (September 17)
Airline industry problems (September 24)
Endangered species act (October 1)
Democracy in Eastern Europe (October 8)
The new millennium (October 15)
Rethinking ritalin (October 22)
Public broadcasting (October 29)
Saving open spaces (November 5)
Closing in on tobacco (November 12)
The consumer culture (November 19)
Panama Canal (November 26)
Reforming school funding (December 10)
Embryo research (December 17)
Asthma epidemic (December 24).
