The Cop Who Lives Next Door : Bucking the trend of Los Angeles officers residing outside city limits, Keith Thomas sees definite advantages to living near where he works in South-Central. By Keith Thomas, \o7 According to the American Civil Liberties Union, 83% of Los Angeles police officers live outside the city. Keith Thomas isn't one of them--and he wouldn't live anywhere but South-Central. The 34-year-old officer, who lives near the 77th Street Division station, grew up around South Hoover Street and attended Fremont High School. The nine-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department says his roots in the community make his job easier\f7 --\o7 and make residents feel more secure. Thomas was interviewed by Sandra Hernandez. and \f7
California Recovery: Connecting the Dots to See the Big Picture By Michael J. Boskin, MICHAEL J. BOSKIN, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, is Tully M. Friedman professor of economics and senior fellow, Hoover Institution, at Stanford University
Did Greenspan Set Off the Leverage Tripwire? By Charles R. Morris, \o7 Charles R. Morris, a Wall Street consultant, is the author of "The Cost of Good Intentions," an analysis of the New York fiscal crisis. His most recent book is "Computer Wars: How the West Can Win in a Post-IBM World" (Times Books)\f7
Los Angeles and Las Vegas : How the West Was Developed By Kevin Starr, \o7 Kevin Starr, a contributing editor to Opinion, teaches in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at USC. His next volume on the history of California, "The Dream Endures: California Through the Great Depression," will be published by Oxford University Press\f7
Political Urban Myths: Rumors That Won't Die By Suzanne Garment, \o7 Suzanne Garment, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She is the author of "Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics" (Times Books)\f7
For Roots of South Africa's Violence, Look to Buthelezi By Michael Clough, \o7 Michael Clough is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-chair of New American Global Dialogue, a Stanley Foundation foreign-policy program\f7
Why a Virtual Rookie May Bat for the State GOP Come November By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, \o7 Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior associate at the Center for Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate School and a political analyst for KCAL-TV\f7