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to the Clinton administration's threat to impose punitive tariffs on products imported from China, while others worry about Chinese retaliation.

NPR's Daniel Schorr discusses Bob Dole's big adventure with San Francisco Chronicle political editor Susan Yoachum and American Enterprise Insitute scholar Norman Ornstein.

Scott talks over the details of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case with New Orleans writer Keith Medley.

Liane speaks with Conor O'Clery, Washington correspondent for the rish Times newspaper about the state of the peace process in Ireland. Elections ollowed by negotiations are scheduled to begin in a few weeks. British prime inister John Major made some moves this past week to encourage the Irish epublican Army to reinstate the cease-fire they abandoned earlier this year

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that after many false starts, Iraq has finally agreed to the terms of a UN plan that allows Iraq to sell 2 billion dollars in oil over six months. Iraq could use the hard currency to buy food and medicine. The deal does not mean an end to the sanctions, however.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger muses about conspiracy theories in our country, theories that involve topics from who controls the weather to who controls powerful businesses.

Scott remembers Walter Hyatt, the country singer who died in the Valuejet airline crash last Saturday.

The Supreme Court today voted to limit punitive damages. The case involved an Alabama doctor who had been awarded two million dollars because the paint on his new BMW had been touched up. The decision is a victory for manufacturers, but the justices did not provide clear guidance on limits for future awards. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that Senator Bob Dole gave a speech today on his plans to reform the welfare system if he is elected President. The presumptive Republican nominee called for a five-year lifetime limit on receiving welfare benefits and said states should have the option of testing recipients for drugs. He criticized President Clinton for failing to reform welfare, as Clinton had promised to do before being elected to the White House.

Scott remembers Timothy Leary who died ths week.