No One but U.S. Treasury Wants Interest Rate Cuts By Allan H. Meltzer, ALLAN H. MELTZER \o7 is John M. Olin Professor of Political Economy at Carnegie Mellon University and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute\f7
Insight : The Idea Behind the Award By Guillermo Gomez-pena, \o7 This is an excerpt from "Binational Performance Pilgrimage," which will appear in the September/October issue of the "The Drama Review," published by MIT Press. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awards fellowships to artists and scholars with no strings. San Diego had two fellows this year: UC San Diego Prof. Patricia Smith Churchland will receive $290,000; performance artist Guillermo Gomez-Pena, $230,000. Here is an excerpt from an upcoming work by Gomez-Pena\f7
Losing Ground: THE CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE RECEDES By Kevin Phillips, \o7 Kevin Phillips, publisher of the American Political Report, is author of "The Politics of Rich and Poor" (Random House)\f7
BOOK MARK : Doubts About Camelot: The MM Connection By Thomas C. Reeves, \o7 Thomas C. Reeves is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. How different was the private behavior of President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert, from their public images? The author of a controversial book examines one notorious allegation. An excerpt\f7
PLATFORM : You Can Quote Him By Larry Bumgardner, \o7 LARRY BUMGARDNER, a lawyer and former journalist who teaches communication law at Pepperdine University, commented on the Supreme Court decision limiting a journalist's ability to alter quotes:\f7
Will L.A. Have a Ghost Town or a Downtown? By Gregory Serrao, \f7 and \o7 Serrao, a principal at Dworsky Associates, architects and planners, was project director for The Metropolitan apartments, The Skyline condominiums and the Angelus Plaza Senior Citizens Housing Complex.
Grandmaster Of Compromise By Daniel M. Weintraub and Jerry Gillam, \o7 Daniel M. Weintraub and Jerry Gillam are Times staff writers in the Sacramento bureau\f7
This California Castle Was a Dream Come True By Max Jacobson, \f7 and \o7 Jacobson is a Los Angeles-based restaurant and travel writer who contributes regularly to The Times' Orange County Edition.