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Neal Conan talks with Victor Davis Hanson, Greek classicist, farmer, and author -- who feels the decline of family farming in America is a threat to our cultural legacy. His new book is titled, "Fields Without Dreams." (published by Simon & Sch

President CLinton is expected to speak at the Commerce Department about Commerce Secretary Ron. Brown, whose played crashed today in in the Adriatic.

whether English should be made the official language of the United States. Tonight, we conclude our series with a commentary form Ruben Martinez, who is living in Mexico City, for a perspective from the other side of the border.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Sarajevo that United Nations officials there are reporting an atmosphere of chaos and anarchy today in two Serb-populated suburbs that will soon come under the control of the Muslim-dominated Bosnian government. Fires are raging in both places, with reports of widespread theft and looting. Most Serb residents have already fled the area. Many of those remaining are asking NATO troops to protect them from local thugs.

Linda talks with Harley Shaiken, a labor specialist at the University of California at Berkeley, and David Cole, director of the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation at the University of Michigan, about the strike at General Motors that has shut down 21 assembly plants across the country and threatens to escalate into a national ordeal. Cole talks about the industry's push to become leaner and their use of "just-in-time manufacturing." Following the lead of Japan, GM now keeps only a very small supply of critical components, like brakes, in stock. Shaiken explains how this practice gives union strikes considerable leverage because a small number of strikers can paralyze a large organization.

about yesterday's fire which destroyed a tire recycling complex and closed a mile-long section of Interstate-95. The highway remains closed to traffic this morning, forcing commuters to use side streets. Authorities say the fire was deliberately set.

Commentator Mark DePaolis says that sooner or later, we are going to have to deal with one of the most serious threats to female health: women's shoes. They are too small, too pointy and too tall. But the rememdy is draconian -- ugly shoes.

in the very competitive health care market and it is becoming more and more difficult for them to fulfill their mission of ministering to the poor.

about the latest Israeli security measures.

SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS ABOUT TERRORISM AND PROSPECTS FOR MIDEAST PEACE WITH FOUAD AJAMI (FOO-ad ah-ZHA-mee), DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, AND ROBERT SATLOFF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY.