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We air a portion of a stump speech of John Hagelin, a Presidential candidate from the Natural Law Party who's on the ballot in 45 states. The main focus of the Natural Law Party is to support the development of the human element--they see America's problems, crime, domestic abuse, pollution -- as human problems and they seek a government that seeks to elevate human behavior. And the way to do that, they say, is not with rules or laws but with education...that teaches people to take better care of themselves, their environment, etc. Governments can't generate health or wealth...it must empower the citizens of the country to best use the human resource.(5:00)

Thirteen All Things Considered commentators narrate a spooky story they collaborated on. It's a story of a lonely chicken salesman and his voyage of self-discovery. The story takes him on an eerie train ride, to a farmyard populated by bizarre poultry and Yiddish-speaking farmers. The authors passed the story around by e-mail and fax, chapter by chapter. They are Alan Cheuse, Bailey White, Leon Wynter, Laurie Anderson, Andrei Codrescu, Bill Harley, Daniel Pinkwater, Joyce Maynard, Bob Garfield, Amy Dickinson, Teller, Marion Winik and Kevin Kling.

and the future of the National Basketball Association...tonight the league begins its 50th season. He says the sport fits America's appetite for speed and our television habits, just like baseball meshed with radio and the slower pace of life in the past.

political contributions can be hard to distinguish. While it's illegal for a U.S. political party to accept money from a foreign corporation, it's not against the law to take money from a domestic subsidiary of a foreign company.

1996 is the 75th anniversary of the Filofax...the small, organizing notebook that, for some, has replaced the personal secretary. British writer Michael Bywater has had a love affair with the Filofax...loving the look and feel of the organizer---and fantasizing about everything that his Filofaxes could do for him. But it's been a turbulent relationship.

2: Philadelphia Inquirer investigative reporters DONALD BARLETT AND JAMES STEELE. The two talk with Terry Gross about why campaign promises related to taxes should be carefully scrutinized. BARLETT AND STEELE say if you want to know how a 15 percent tax cut would help you, you need to look at how it would impact all of the taxes you pay. They say that often the highest tax rates are found at the state or local level.BARLETT AND STEELE took several years investigating their new series "Who Stole The Dream?" It looks at how global compeition and U.S. trade policies have hurt America's middle class. This series was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer last month. Excerpts of the series can be viewed on the Inquirer's website.

Historian MARTIN DUBERMAN. He's written a memoir about growing up gay in the 1950s before the gay liberation movement and at a time when homosexuality was considered deviant behavior by the psychiatrists. It's "Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey." (published by Dutton). Since our interview with him, he's authored a number of books and articles. He published "Stonewall" (Penguin) in 1993 in which he tells of the riots which were the catalyst of the modern gay and lesbian movement. His newest book, "Midlife Queer"(Simon and Schuster) came out this past spring. It is a sequel to "Cures" in which Duberman gives an autobiographical recount of the gay and lesbian movement in the 1970's. He has two anthologies which are due out this winter. After ten years, he has stepped down from the position of execuitve director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. However, he continues to remain active in the organization, writing articles, in which, among other things he defends multiculturism and identity politics. (Originally aired 5

City's mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is challenging two provisions of the new immigration and welfare laws in federal court. NPR's Margo Adler reports. (4:30) [outcue: "... It will be up to the federal courts to decide whose claim is superior. I'm Margo Adler reporting."]

with NPR science correspondant Joe Palca about a new discovery in ocean life.

More than a decade after a lawsuit charging Dallas with racism in its public housing policies, public housing units will soon be built in Dallas' white suburbs for minorities. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that while some white homeowners worked to forge a compromise on the project, others remain angry about having public housing in their neighborhood.

Linda talks with BBC reporter Alan Pearce about reaction in Afghanistan to the latest events in Kabul. After the takeover of the nation by the Islamic Taleban military regime, there has been concern about Afghani human rights and possible violations. Women are especially concerned about the new prohibitions on women in the workplace, and many fear leaving their homes after recent beating of women who were simply out doing household shopping.

in the U.S. and Canada to develop a new system for home banking via the internet.