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Essayist Mike Renfro explains why Texas's recent law llowing concealed firearms actually provides an incentive for residents of the onghorn state to be friendly to one another. In a separate essay, Philadelphia nquirer reporter Alfred Lubrano shares how his infatuation with guns ended bruptly after he covered a senseless murder.

REMEMBERING MITTERRAND: Essayist Alice Furlaud remembers French Resident Francois Mitterrand, who died this past week.

The creator of the World Wide Web, TIM BERNERS-LEE. He created the web in 1989, as a way to organize his own projects. The Web has grown rapidly since then. In 1992 there were 100 sites on it, as of last May there were 22,000. BERNERS-LEE is dedicated to keeping the Web open as a public good. He now works at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he heads the World Wide Web Consortium, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing standards, protocols and new software for the Web. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO SECOND HALF OF THE

NPR's Elaine Korry examines whether higher levels of spending on education and training programs will actually narrow the income gap between the rich and poor in this country. Many economists believe education is the only realistic way of addressing income disparity, but they caution that it's no panacea and will not change things quickly.

A reading from "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss. The cat, you'll remember, comes back to reveal another cat under his hat, who has another cat under his hat, who has another cat, and so-on. The cats get smaller until there's only VOOM left.

MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new book, Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, the fiction book based on the Clinton presidential campaign, by anonymous. (Random House).

that dates back to the Cold War. The change could revitalize Russia's economy with a flood of U.S. dollars. Many American gun control groups are against the measure, while trade officials here promise only hunting and sporting guns will be allowed into the country.

send a man to the moon, science still hasn't been able to figure out exactly what causes and cures the common cold

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The nation's governors are in full agreement about how to revamp the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled. But NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that there's no unanimity among Medicaid experts. Some say the proposals will give the states the flexibility to tailor programs to the needs of the poor. But others say they could leave people in need without health coverage.

is suing the Anne Frank Foundation.

Congress is passing a series of short-term funding measures for many government departments. But NPR's Phillip Davis reports that administrators are warning that they can't operate effectively without longterm spending plans.