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Texas Governor George W. Bush continued his swing through the Midwest today, saying he is the candidate who will help middle class families. From birth to retirement, the Republican presidential nominee says he is looking out for working Americans. Bush made that appeal in a neo-natal ward yesterday, a school today, and in an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's daytime talk show. NPR's Anthony Brooks is traveling with the Bush campaign.

Ralph Nader talks about "Republicrats" who see the world through the same corporate prism. And for generations, Third Party candidates from both the left and the right have said the two major parties are two halves of the same power structure -- different mostly in name and tradition. This year, as the major parties try to appeal to the political center, they often sound alike. Yet it can be argued that the two parties stand for specific philosophies that are farther apart than they have been in half a century. A new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard has found that voting for one or the other means choosing between distinct outlooks on the issues. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

It was 204 years ago this week that America's first president announced to the nation he would not seek a third term in office. George Washington had entered office a war hero but had become discouraged by newspaper attacks on his character. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Washington biographer Willard Sterne Randall about how Washington's departure paved the way for a two-party system and for a tradition of attacks on character.

Host Jacki Lyden tours the exhibit Sylvia Snowden: Malik, Farewell 'Til We Meet Again with artist Sylvia Snowden. The artist discusses coping with her son's murder in 1993, and the emotionally-charged art it inspired.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the documentary Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, the story of some 10,000 German Jewish children sent to live with British families just before World War II. The rescue operation came to be known as the "Kindertransport."

NPR'S Jennifer Ludden reports on the revival of a radio program in Israel that seeks to reunite Holocaust survivors. "The Department for Seeking Relatives-The Next Generation" is enjoying phenomenal popularity since it was launched earlier this summer.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch jsnat the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia; Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain and Hilary Rosen of the Recording Industry Association of America at a hearing on the Federal Trade Commission's report on the marketing of adult media to young people; Mark Holscher, attorney for nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee, after his client's release from jail; Attorney General Janet Reno and President Bill Clinton on Lee's release; New York Senate candidates Hilary Clinton and Rick Lazio in their first debate; British Health Minister and Alan Milburn and protester Terry Morgan on Britain's high gas prices.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on a joint appearance last night by President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore at the annual Congressional Black Caucus dinner in Washington.

Linda and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners. (3:30) Send e-mail to atc@npr.org or actual paper letters to "Letters, All Things Considered," National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20001.

Noah talks to Debora Spar, a Harvard Business School Professor who teaches a course on managing international trade and investment, about Microsoft's problems doing business in China. The company decided to invest there after China signed onto the treaty to respect intellectual property in 1992. Despite the treaty, six years later pirating of the company's software has actually increased. Spar questions whether, given Microsoft's experience, it can reasonably be expected that China will abide by rules set by the World Trade Organization.