Let's Not Imperil State With Foolish Votes MICHAEL J. BOSKIN, MICHAEL J. BOSKIN, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, is Tully M. Friedman professor of economics and senior fellow, Hoover Institution, at Stanford University
The Monkey God and I BOB SIPCHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Sipchen is a Times staff writer, currently covering the 1996 presidential and congressional campaigns
Download This: The Dirty Secret About The Net* JONATHAN WEBER, Jonathan Weber is editor of The Cutting Edge, The Times' technology section. His last article for the magazine was about the fall of Apple Computer
Board Must Act If Leader Is Lax JAN HICKENBOTTOM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Hickenbottom is a past president of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Community Assns. Institute, a national nonprofit research and educational organization
A Leadership Adept at Passing the Buck Stanley Crouch, Stanley Crouch, a 1993 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, is the author of "The All-American Skin Game" (Pantheon)
Clinton Must Reply to Attacks Robert G. Beckel, Robert G. Beckel, a political analyst, served as campaign manager for Walter F. Mondale in 1984
With a Week to Go, 'Dole' Is the Message Mary Matalin, Mary Matalin, co-author of "All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President" (Random House/Simon & Schuster), is host of the Mary Matalin Show on CBS Radio. She served as deputy campaign manager for George Bush in 1992
The Fire This Time Kevin Starr, Kevin Starr, a contributing editor to Opinion, is State Librarian of California and a member of the faculty at USC. The latest volume of his history of California is "Endangered Dreams, The Great Depression in California" (Oxford University Press)
The New President Faces a Country Divided by a Violent Past Michael Shifter, Michael Shifter is program director for democratic governance at the Inter-American Dialogue and adjunct professor of Latin American studies at Georgetown University
Surfing Is All That Matters Christopher Ahrens, Christopher Ahrens is a writer who is working on a novel about Los Angeles
The Paranoid Streak in American History Michael Kazin, Michael Kazin teaches history at American University. His most recent book is "The Populist Persuasion; An American History" (Basic Books)
Beauty--With Fancy Sandbags Brian D. Fox, Brian D. Fox is president and owner of an entertainment advertising agency
Why Business Hasn't Joined the Prop. 209 Fight Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the John M. Olin Fellow at the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy and a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute
The Chaplain as Instrument of War MICHAEL GALLAGHER, Michael Gallagher is a writer and translator from the Japanese. His book "Laws of Heaven" (Ticknor & Fields, 1991) won the National Jesuit Book Award in theology