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Author Richard Conniff has written about the natural world for National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer and NPR's Bob Mondello discuss disaster films over the decades -- and what they tell us about our fears.

Critic at large John Powers reviews the two-DVD edition of the 1939 classic film Young Mr. Lincoln, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem that Palestinian leaders are seeking clarifications of peace proposals put forward by President Clinton. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will discuss the proposals Thursday in Egypt, their first face-to-face meeting in nearly three months.

Craig Venter, the big commercial player in the human genome project, announced today that he has funding from the Energy Department to create a new form of life -- a single-celled, partially man-made organism. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

Alan Cheuse reviews a book by Christopher Buckley, called No Way To Treat A Lady. The story is inspired by rumors about former President Clinton's family life.

Catholic priests in Southern California undertake a day of public penance to express their regret for church sex scandals. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

Commentator Julie Jamison reflects on how her grandmother started speaking her mind as she grew older, becoming less concerned with decorum. She once confessed with no shame to having had an abortion. And she continues to say surprising things to this day, even as she's dying.

Commentator Forrest Church says the Constitution gives a blueprint for how the country should run, but the founders' words in the Declaration of Independence, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address provide a script to speed reconciliation for a nation divided between two hostile camps.

Foreign editor Lloyd Doyle of the British paper The Independent tells us what people outside the United States think about the current controversy.