Taxes, Gulf War Syndrome, Barbecues

Here’s the rundown on guests and topics for the weekend’s public-affairs programs:

Today

“Saturday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Managing free time; financial freedom; “Batman & Robin”; children’s sportsmanship; summer barbecues, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Evans & Novak”: Rep. Bill Archer (R-Texas), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio), 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight, CNN.

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Rep. William M. Thomas (R-Bakersfield), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Retrospective on Richard Nixon, 6 and 11 p.m., CNN.

“The McLaughlin Group”: Tax cuts, Gulf War Syndrome, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Time management; vacations to Asia; “Annie” performance, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Meet the Press”: Russia’s First Deputy Premier Anatoly Chubais; Rep. Dick Armey (R-Texas); Dr. David Kessler, former FDA commissioner, 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“Temas y Debates”: Armando Calderon Sol, president of El Salvador, 7 a.m. (34).

“Reliable Sources”: Author David Brock, 7:30 a.m. CNN.

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Alternative medicine in conventional health care; science writer David Quammen; mystery writer Colin Dexter on the set of the “Inspector Morse” TV series, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: 8 a.m. (11).

“Contrapunto,”: Angela Sanbrano, executive director of Central American Resource Center, 8 a.m. (52).

“Face the Nation”: Taxes; Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin; Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah); Gene Sperling, National Economic Council, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Author Stephen Cherniske, Dr. Arie Belldegrun, 9:30 a.m. (2).

“This Week”: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 10 a.m. (7)(42); 9 a.m. (3).

“Life & Times”: Author Marc Reisner; Tim Brick, Metropolitan Water District; Hal Candee, Natural Resources Defense Council; Mike Madigan, Bay Delta Advisory Group, 10:30 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Mary Frances Berry, U.S. Committee on Civil Rights, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“Crossfire Sunday”: Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-Mass.); Bob Johnson, Black Entertainment Television, 4:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: White supremacist William Pierce; an American tour operator who allegedly arranges sex tours in Southeast Asia for tourists seeking prostitutes--many of whom are children as young as 12 and 13, 7 p.m. (2).