CSU Plan Ignores Private Colleges PAMELA M. JOLICOEUR, Pamela M. Jolicoeur is provost and dean of the faculty at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks
Why the Homeless Are Feared ELIZABETH ADAMSON, Elizabeth Adamson is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Anthropology at Cal State Fullerton
A Vision for Pierce College's Future PETER A. TESTA, Peter A. Testa is an architect and teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is principal researcher of the Future Cities Project, a design research enterprise developing new architectural strategies for American cities in the information age. His Web site is located at http://web.mit.edu/4.155/www/
RACHEL CARSON: Witness for Nature. By Linda Lear . Henry Holt: 608 pp., $35 DAVID RAINS WALLACE, David Rains Wallace is the author of numerous books on natural history and conservation, including the forthcoming "The Monkey's Bridge: Evolutionary Mysteries of Central America" (Sierra Club). He is a winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing
The Myth Of The Home Office Karen Stabiner, Karen Stabiner is the author of "To Dance With the Devil: The New War on Breast Cancer," recently published by Delacorte Press
Time to Rest Our Tired Economic Dogmas 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."
'Watch List' Lets You Build Case Against Underachiever Charles A. Jaffe, Charles A. Jaffe is mutual funds columnist at the Boston Globe. He can be reached by e-mail at jaffe@globe.com or at the Boston Globe, P.S. Box 2378, Boston, MA 02107-2378
Government by and for the Elites Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips, publisher of American Political Report, is author of "The Politics of Rich and Poor." His most recent book is "Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street and the Frustrations of American Politics."
Why Privatization Won't Work ROBERT DUJARRIC, Robert Dujarric is a research fellow in the national security studies department at the Hudson Institute's Washington office
Nikolas Patsaouras Steve Proffitt, Steve Proffitt, a contributing editor to Opinion, is vice president and director of the Hajjar and Partners New Media Lab. He spoke with Nikolas Patsaouras over dinner at a Westside restaurant
Overcoming Mobutu's Sad Legacy Helen Watson Winternitz, Helen Watson Winternitz is author of "East Along the Equator: A Journey Up the Congo and Into Zaire."