Futurists: The Economists of the Future? By Judy B. Rosener, JUDY B. ROSENER is a professor in the Graduate School of Management at UC Irvine. She is the author of "America's Competitive Secret: Utilizing Women as a Management Strategy."
Libraries Must Go With Digital Flow By David Bianco, \o7 David Bianco, a member of the city of Ventura's library advisory board, is director of the Center for Studies of the Future and co-founder of Elderhostel. and \f7
Recognition and Casinos Are Separate Issues By Imre Sutton, Imre Sutton is professor emeritus of geography at Cal State Fullerton and editor of "Irredeemable America: The Indians' Estate and Land Claims" (University of New Mexico Press, 1985), which he is revising for a second edition
Believing the Impossible About Bill, Al By Kenneth L. Khachigian, Kenneth L. Khachigian is a veteran political strategist and former White House speech writer who practices law in Orange County. His column appears here every other week
Block Aggression on a Divided Isle By Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Hitchens is a columnist for Vanity Fair and the Nation. His book, "Cyprus: Hostage to History," is to be reprinted in paperback this fall
Mexico's Little Americas' By Ruben Martinez, Ruben Martinez, an editor at Pacific News Service, is working on a book about life and death in the borderlands for Metropolitan/Holt
Teamsters Go for Public's Heart By Kelly Candaele, Kelly Candaele, a trustee of the Los Angeles Community College Board, teaches labor history at the Los Angeles Trade-Tech College Labor Center
California Conservatism's Worst Nightmare Revealed By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior associate at the Center for Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University and a political analyst for KCAL-TV
Security Alliance By Bruce Stokes and James Shinn, Bruce Stokes and James Shinn, both senior fellows at the Council on Foreign Relations, directed a council study group on the future of the U.S.-Japan security relationship
Middle East By Jo-ann Mort, Jo-Ann Mort, who writes frequently about the Mideast, recently returned from Israel. She is a member of the editorial board of Dissent magazine
How Cities Can Survive: Look to the Renaissance By Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Pepperdine Institute of Public Policy and at the Pacific Research Institute