Gas Prices Fit for Chicken Little RICHARD B. ANDERSON, Richard B. Anderson teaches a course on the human future at UC Santa Barbara. E-mail: gconserve@aol.com
They're Trapped in Politics of War MARK FRITZ, Times staff writer Mark Fritz covers the Northeast U.S. and is the author of "Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World" (Little, Brown & Co., 1999). He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his coverage of Rwanda
Why the Furor in Sino-U.S. Relations? JIEMIAN YANG, Jiemian Yang is a senior fellow and director of the department of American Studies at Shanghai Institute for International Studies in Shanghai
Tax Q&A: Equipment for Charity STEVEN J. CUPINGOOD, Los Angeles and For more information on taxes and to see other questions and answers
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Independent Video Label Exploits Niche MARION FLANAGAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Marion Flanagan is executive editor of Video Store magazine, a weekly trade publication serving the home video industry