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Focuses on what is probably the Reverend Billy Graham's final crusade. Graham's plan to preach in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York; View of many pastors and academics that Graham comes to a drastically changed city; New York's growing population of evangelical Christians; Signs of change throughout the city; How New York pastors urged Graham to come; Why defining an evangelical can be problematic; Comments of sociologists; Reference to Graham's visit to New York in 1957, which catapulted him to national prominence; Overview of churches in New York; Discussion of the emergence of evangelical faith in the city.

The article presents information about a group called Research Partnership for New York City schools, which has been formed by mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City. This partnership involves social scientists from New York University, Teachers College of Columbia University and City University of New York, who have already started researching on issues like school financing and high school choice.

Discusses the nature of "evil" from the perspective of social scientists. Views of psychiatrists and forensic examiners regarding predatory killers; Development of a "depravity scale" by a group at New York University; Work of Dr. Michael Stone, a personality expert at Columbia University, in publishing a 22-level hierarchy of evil behavior; Views of Dr. Robert I. Simon, clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School, who wrote the book "Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream"; Idea of neuroscientists that psychopathy scores result from physical differences in brain function; Mention of serial murderers John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Theodore R. Bundy; Concern that the concept of evil cannot be used judiciously in courtrooms.