Vengeance and forgiveness after Oklahoma City
As Timothy McVeigh's execution nears, two parents who lost children in the bombing take different paths to the end of a tragedy: One says killing McVeigh isn't the answer; the other wants to watch him die.

Sunday Journal
Waking up from the dream house

She plays rough
Anne Robinson disses and dismisses the contestants on the British version of The Weakest Link. Now NBC is bringing the show, and her, to the U.S. Will her style prove too intense for American audiences?

Two ways to save time in the evening
I know what you're planning.

Audio Files
LIZA MINNELLI, THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (A&M/UNIVERSAL) Anyone who knows me knows I'm completely freaked out by Liza Minnelli. It's not that she's perpetual tabloid fodder, or that she talks in that old Vegas lingo where everyone is "magic" and a "gem." Once, I got spooked in an Italian restaurant because my server -- a vivacious, effeminate man -- resembled Minnelli so much in demeanor: big, bombastic voice, shmaltzy delivery, jittery mannerisms.

Classical File
VLADIMIR VIARDO, DEBUSSY: PRELUDES BOOKS I and II (PROPIANO)

Arts Talk
Watercolor artist makes his mark

Voice and experience
To decades of opera lovers, Sherrill Milnes is the pre-eminent baritone. These days his mellowing voice is opening new roles, while in real life his characters include new father, master teacher, author.