I see the three topics in my heading being symptomatic of the way power is thrown about today. A small college executive, fearing trouble about "radical" activitity on campus,wields all her power against an individual faculty member. Clinton fearing domestic (in a double sense?) problems bombs Iraq. On the other hand, we have no visible outside power making the British feel the need to stand up against the evils that the junta perpetuated; instead, Blair [god knows why] joins with Clinton on the bombing. All the while, we remain unorganized. We are left to respond to each individual outrage, but without ongoing organization, we have not been able to change the course of events. Again, I hope that the impeachment mires the Congress down for a year. They will more harm than good whenever they act. If Pinochet had returned to Chile, it would have created a rubber stamp precedent in which the U.S. would have been able to determine who was and who was not guilty of crimes against humanity. Certainly, Fidel, Khaddafi, Saddam .... and the usual suspects would have been first on the list. At least, I can still vent on pen-l, but I sure do with that we could apply our knowledge directly to accomplish something. I never cease to be amazed at the wide extent of information that people here (and on LBO and marxism) have. If this were an age of the information revolution we would win, but organization still counts and we are probably the most disorganized bunch of people around. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901
