If my political career had begun in the Socialist Workers Party and wound up at the doorstep of Z magazine, I might envy someone who was dealt a better hand too, Louis. When Z came out, I sent two years of good money. After enduring that amount of somnolent reading without seeing a prospect for improvement, I let go.
Ask your heartthrob lady cop to lend you her hanky. Wipe your tears, then cheer up.
Tom Condit could tell some good stories about the fun we had as a minority libertarian socialist and Wobbly "tendency" (constitutionally recognized faction) in the old YPSL, when Norman Thomas was the SP elder, Mike Harrington was still a "youth," and all the red diaper babies were Shachtmanites!
I know, I know. What are real people with real names in real mass struggles when you can hyperlink to socialist Web sites and batter the bourgeoisie with downloads? Next time, don't ask, and I won't tell.
Ken Lawrence