>the ghost of Max Shactmam, heh, is shouting in my
>ear
I'm not surprised. Several things lead me to greet this news with a hybrid of indifference and irritation: 1) what's the point of bringing this up now?, 2) who knows if it's true?, and 3) I think the world is, on balance, worse off for the demise of the USSR. I imagine you have different positions on all three counts.
Doug