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Commentator Andrea Bernstein (BERN-stine) has spent some time on the road, covering the campaign of Pat Buchanan. As an out lesbian, she was scared at the prospect of encountering the people who work for the candidate. She was surprised by whom she met.

In Brussels today, the European Commission proposed to the European councils of ministers that the name "feta" be reserved for cheese made in Greece. The proposal is controversial because Denmark is afraid that that such a law will hurt its feta sales. We spoke to an expert to find out why feta cheese is in a class of its own.

Candidate Lamar Alexander says he has fresh ideas while the other candidates don't. We'll listen to what he says about these fresh ideas, which include creating a military force to handle drugs and immigration, handing responsibility for welfare to local charities and allowing members of a new "citizen Congress" to hold other jobs.

We hear excerpts of stump speeches from Republican candidates Steve Forbes, Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan as they campaign on the eve of Tuesday's primaries.

The city's debt has reached 400-million-dollars. City buildings are running out of toilet paper, schools are without books, and when some police officers respond to emergency calls, they have to walk. Adding to the District's troubles, Congress has rejected the 1996 budget for a third time.

NEW YORK CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION IS MAKING FORMAL TOURS AVAILABLE OF ITS FRESH KILLS LANDFILL ON STATEN ISLAND. SCOTT SIMON VISITED FRESH KILLS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST LANDFILL, IN 1987 AND OFFERS HIS OWN TOUR OF THE DUMP.

Commentator Katherine Kersten says that while corporations and even school districts are stressing diversity training, this emphasis on people's differences only separates people further. She argues it emphasizes steryotypes and encourages people to see each other as members of "groups" rather than as individuals.

On the eve of this first primary, news Analyst Daniel Schorr asks: where are all the great issues? There's been little talk of contracts with America, environmental deregulation, Medicare or Medicaid. Schorr says candidates want voters to forget what they said two weeks ago and that all this has led to a politics of meaninglessness.

Stephen Vineberg reviews the film City Hall, which stars Al Pacino, John Cusack, and Bridget Fonda.

Commentator David Kline says that while the media and Wall Street may be going wild over the internet, some 90 percent of Americans are not on-line and do not much reason right now for them to go on-line. He notes that while you can read consumer reports on-line, you can't find someone to fix your washing machine, or sign your kid up for local soccer league, or pay your parking ticket. Until the internet becomes more practical, Kline says, it will still remain useful for just a few.