Theater Can Provide a Beacon Among Shadows Cast by AIDS MICHAEL KEARNS, Michael Kearns is director of "Self Help," which has been playing in various theaters for a year and is now at the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles
The Joke's on Comics Who Don't Change ERNEST CHAMBERS, Ernest Chambers is senior vice president of production at Merv Griffin Entertainment. He was head writer for "The Danny Kaye Show" in the 1960s and also co-created "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and most recently produced the "Who Makes You Laugh?" comedy special
China Isn't a Three-Act Script KARL SCHOENBERGER, Karl Schoenberger is a Koret Foundation teaching fellow at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. He covered Asia for the Los Angeles Times and other national publications
Microsoft Must Obey the Law BOB DOLE, Bob Dole was Senate majority leader and the Republican Party's 1996 presidential nominee. His law firm represents a number of computer software companies