Republican Counter-Revolution Will Be a Net Loss and a Lost Net By Robert Eisner, ROBERT EISNER is William R. Kenan professor emeritus of economics at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He is the author of "The Misunderstood Economy: What Counts and How to Count It."
ARCHITECTURE : Don't Rush to Demolish St. Vibiana's By Kevin Starr, \o7 Kevin Starr, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the state librarian of California and a member of the faculty at USC. His "Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California" will be published next month by Oxford University Press\f7
Japan : A Security Treaty Best Suited for Another Era By David I. Hitchcock, \o7 David I. Hitchcock, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, served 12 years as a diplomat in Japan and was director of the U.S. Information Agency for East Asia from 1989-92\f7
Student Tactics That Are Best Left in the History Books By Ruben Navarrette Jr., \o7 Ruben Navarrette Jr. is author of "A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano" (Bantam) and editor of the forthcoming newsletter, Reconciliation\f7