Defeated School Bond Measure Will Rise Again PATTI YOMANTAS, Patti Yomantas is a mother of two Conejo schoolchildren and served as co-chair with fellow parent Pat Phelps on the Committee for Measure Q
Has Learning Been Forgotten in Rush to Reform? MYRON H. DEMBO, Myron H. Dembo is the Stephen Crocker professor of education at the University of Southern California's School of Education. He lives in Tarzana
Ringing Up Baby MARGO KAUFMAN, Margo Kaufman's last piece for the magazine was on the cigar craze. Her book "This Damn House" has just been released in paperback by Dell
Enough of Sanctions: Take Saddam Hussein Out Howard R. Teicher, Howard R. Teicher is the co-author of "Twin Pillars to Desert Storm" and served as director of Near and South Asia political-military affairs on the National Security Council from 1982-87
Heading for a Fall Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips, publisher of American Political Report, is author of "The Politics of Rich and Poor." His newest book is "Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street and the Frustrations of American Politics."
James Wolfensohn Adrian Wooldridge, Adrian Wooldridge, the West Coast correspondent for the Economist, is co-author of "The Witch Doctors: What the Management Gurus are Saying and Why it Matters."
Boeing Learns a Lesson in Predictability HOWARD H. STEVENSON, Howard H. Stevenson, a professor of business administration at Harvard, is the author of "Do Lunch or Be Lunch: The Power of Predictability in Creating Your Future," just published by Harvard Business School Press
Economic, Political Pressures Strain Pakistan's Civil Society Paula R. Newberg, Paula R. Newberg, author of a study of Pakistan's judiciary, "Judging the State," observed the 1995 Lahore blasphemy trial on behalf of Human Rights Watch/Asia. She returned from a two-month stay in South Asia last week
The GOP's Own Asian Connection: Rev. Moon Robert Parry, Robert Parry, who was a correspondent for Associated Press and Newsweek, is editor of I.F. Magazine, a new investigative-political publication
LBJ as the Clinton Paradigm Robert Dallek, Robert Dallek, who taught history at UCLA for 30 years, is currently a professor at Boston University. Volume II of his new biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, "Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973," will be published next April
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu . . . HARVEY J. FIELDS, Harvey J. Fields is senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple and cochair of Israel's 50th Anniversary Community Celebration Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Berlin: A Belief That Man Could Be Better Alan Wolfe, Alan Wolfe, a contributing editor to the New Republic, is University Professor at Boston University and the author of the forthcoming "One Nation, After All."
Hollywood 10 Were Villains, Not Victims MICHAEL BERLINER, Michael S. Berliner is executive director of the Marina del Ray-based Ayn Rand Institute, which describes itself as an advocate of reason, individualism and capitalism. Website: www.aynrand.org
Ship by Another Name Is Still a Trip SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Slater and Basch travel as guests of the cruise lines. Cruise Views appears the first and third week of every month
The Magic Theater STEVEN BACH, Steven Bach is the author of "Final Cut" and "Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend." His biography of Moss Hart will be published next year by Alfred A. Knopf
Water Stains Aren't the Only Problem Facing Owner JAN HICKENBOTTOM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Hickenbottom is a community association management consultant and a founding director of the California Assn. of Community Managers