O.C. Poised for Payroll Growth as NAFTA Rules Move Forward By Dennis Aigner, Dennis J. Aigner is professor of management and economics at the Graduate School of Management, UC Irvine, and a faculty associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development
All Students Deserve Scientific Approach By Nathaniel Lamm, Nathaniel Lamm is a retired administrator with the Orange County Department of Education. He writes from Santa Ana
CSU Planning an Unholy Alliance By David Klein, David Klein is a mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics at Cal State Northridge. E-mail: david.klein@csun.edu
Shot Down Before He Even Got Off the Ground By John Flynn, Flynn worked for the Associated Press, Life magazine, CBS and NBC before serving on the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Commission
Great Expectations By Gregory Rodriguez, Gregory Rodriguez, an associate editor at Pacific News Service, is a research fellow at Pepperdine's Institute for Public Policy
Benjamin Netanyahu: The Empty Center By Amy Wilentz, Amy Wilentz, who writes for the New Yorker and the Nation, is working on a book about Israel
The Long--If Intermittent--Battle Over the Courts By David M. O'Brien, David M. O'Brien, a professor of government at the University of Virginia, is the author of numerous books about the Supreme Court, including "Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics." He previously served as a judicial fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court
Workers' 15-Year Nightmare By Sidney Weintraub, Sidney Weintraub is an economist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is the author of "NAFTA at Three: A Progress Report."
The Allure of Hot Air By Christopher Corbett, Christopher Corbett is the author of the novel, "Vacationland."
Kim Dae Jung By Bernard Krisher, Bernard Krisher, a journalist, was formerly Tokyo bureau chief for Newsweek. He interviewed Kim Dae Jung at the new president's home in a suburb of Seoul
The Human Soul Is Not for Cloning By Robert H. Schuller, The Rev. Robert H. Schuller is the founder of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove
The Getty Can Help Us See Ourselves By Harold M. Williams, Harold M. Williams was president and chief executive officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust for 17 years. He became president emeritus on Jan. 5
Cooking Up a Dream By Kathy Price-robinson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. Kathy Price-Robinson is a freelance writer who has written about remodeling for eight years. She can be reached at: KathyPrice@aol.com
The Devil and Denzel By Hilary De Vries, Hilary de Vries' last article for the magazine was a profile of publicist Pat Kingsley
Ye Olde Guitar Shop By Faye Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman is the author of 11 novels, most recently "Serpent's Tooth" (William Morrow). Jonathan Kellerman is the author of two volumes on psychology, two children's books and 13 novels, most recently, "Survival of The Fittest" (Bantam). Faye plays mandolin; Jon plays guitar
The Eco-Wizard By Alan Weisman, Contributing editor Alan Weisman's next book, "Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World," will be published this spring by Chelsea Green