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Robert Siegel speaks with Jeff Rosen, legal affairs editor for The New Republic magazine. They discuss a decision by a federal appeals court which held that the University of Texas Law School program to ensure diversity in entering class is illegal. The case could have a profound impact, possibly eliminating affirmative action programs of any sort, if upheld.

The first museum devoted exclusively to "outsider" or "visionary" art: the work of untrained artists who, more often than not, don't care about being in museums. Some of them have gotten famous despite themselves - Howard Finster is the most famous. They're called outsiders because they're outside of the art establishment (even though they've become quite trendy and "inside" in recent years). One of the interesting things about the museum - as a way of subverting the way works are usually selected for inclusion in a collection - is that museum goers will help select their favorite works. (9:30) (IN S

Commentator Andrei Codrescu sights new discoveries and inventions in Romania and says these are a sign that his former countrymen are mistaking capitalism for oxygen.

Senator Robert Dole of Kansas has unofficially captured the Republican Presidential nomination. After Tuesday night's primaries, he carries more than the necessary 980 delegates. Mr. Dole is now on his way to being a leader in the White House. We talk with people who know Mr. Dole well in Congress the place where he is an effective leader. Linda Wertheimer talks with Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a friend and colleague of Mr. Dole's, and with Jake Thompson of the Kansas City Star, a journalist who has followed Dole for several years and has written a biography about Mr. Dole.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that the Comet Hyakutake is expected this week to be visible with the naked eye. The comet, which was discovered in late January, will pass unusually close to the Earth, hopefully making it unusually bright and therefore easy to see.(3:15) -b- 5. POSTCARD FROM CHICAGO -- An audio postcard from Rick Karr. He knows it's spring, becasue the road repair cres have emerged from hibernation are are tearing-up the streets of Chicago. (2:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. SECURITY, CHINA AND TAIWAN -- In the first of an occassional series on security issues in Asia, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the tensions in the Taiwan Strait raise concerns in the US and much of Asia. China's wargames just miles from Taiwan suggest to some a new militarism, and further tip the balance of US sentiment away from China and toward the tiny island that has emerged from dictatorship to democracy.

An audio postcard from Howard Berkes. Though the calendar says it's the first day of Spring, there's still plenty of snow in the mountains outside Salt Lake City.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports..a federal judge in Little Rock said today the President Clinton is to testify by videotape in the trial of Clinton's former Whitewater partners James and Susan McDougal. The judge said that Clinton doesn't have to testify in person because it would be too much of a burden. But he rejected Clinton's request to get the questions in advance.

Two candidates have dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that both Senator Richard Lugar and Lamar Alexander have thrown their support to Senator Bob Dole.

Noah talks to Frank Rich, the culture and society columnist for the New York Times, about the music that's being heard at political rallies. Last night Senator Dole played "Soul Man" and "What I Like About You," two songs which Rich says are bad matches for the candidate.

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Commentator David Brooks thinks that the Whitewater scandal shouldn't be brushed under the rug and overlooked. He says it's about upholding our leaders to certain standards and about what quantity of corruption America should tolerate.

is in Moscow today for talks on NATO expansion into eastern Europe. The issue has received renewed attention after the Russian parliament, now dominated by Communists and nationalists, voted last week to nullify the break-up of the Soviet Union.