members with legal sanctions. Watchrnthis space for further developments.rn• Family Values: In recent years,rnhome businesses have become an attractivernoption for mothers who wish to stayrnhome with their children. Now comesrnnews of a booming new home businessrnaimed at single mothers: managingrnpornographic websites. According to arnpress release from Entertek Online,rnwhich claims it runs “the world’s largestrnadult site,” “more than 1,000 singlernmoms around the country now haverntheir own adult web sites.” The press releasernquotes a single mother in SanrnDiego as saying, “Show me another jobrnwhere I can make $1,300 a week with nornoverhead and where I get to stay homernwith my kids all day, and I’ll do it.” Anotherrnmother from Philadelphia claims,rn”I stay at home with my kids and makernthree hmes as much money as I wouldrngoing to work. Why shouldn’t I do this?”rnWhy, indeed? Andy Alvarez, the 27-rnyear-old founder of Entertek (which providesrnthe content for the sites and thenrnsplits the profits with the single moms),rndeclares adult website management “thernhome office business of the 90’s and beyond.”rnAnd the benefits are spiritual, asrnwell as financial: After all, they are doingrnit for the children.rnOBITER DICTA: The fourth paragraphrnin the December installment ofrnSamuel Francis’s Principalities and Powersrnshould have been set as an indentedrnquotation. It continues the quotationrnfrom Michael Teitelbaum that began inrnthe preceding paragraph. We regret thernerror and offer our apologies to Dr. Teitelbaum.rnThe Luddite editors of Chroniclesrnhave been dragged, kicking andrnscreaming, into cyberspace. The Chronicles/rnRockiord Institute website can bernfound at www.chroniclesmagazine.org.rnIn addition to limited selections from therncurrent issue, the website features anrnarchive of previous issues, a calendar ofrnevents, late-breaking news about Chroniclesrnand The Rockford Institute, subscriptionrninformation, and an order formrnfor back issues, Regnery Lectures tapes,rnand books by Institute authors.rnWould you like to write a letter tornthe editor, but you can’t afford a stamp?rnLetters for Polemics & Exchangesrncan now be submitted by e-mail atrnpolemics@chroniclesmagazine.org. Ifrnyou would like a letter considered forrnpublication, please include your name,rnaddress, and telephone number in yourrne-mail message.rnThe Lord Byron Foundation forrnBalkan Studies has released Ustasa:rnCroatian Separatism and European Politics,rn1929-1945 by Srdja Trifkovic, a correspondingrneditor for Chronicles. Thernbook, which is based on Dr. Trifkovic’srndoctoral dissertation at the University ofrnSouthampton, is only available from thernLord Byron Foundation. Please see thernadvertisement on the back cover of thisrnissue for more details.rnThomas Fleming has provided arntranslation, found on p. 12, of GiuseppernUngaretti’s poem In Memoriam. Ungarettirn(1888-1970), an Italian writer andrnpoet who was born in Alexandria, Egypt,rnis considered one of the major figures ofrn20th-centurv’ Italian letters.rnOur second poet is Alan Sullivan. Arnnovelist from North Dakota who turnedrnto poetrv’ a few years ago, Mr. Sullivan’srnwork has appeared in many journals inrnthe United States and the United Kingdom,rnincluding Poetry, the Dark Horse,rnand the Spectator of London.rnChronicles is illustrated this month bvrnSt. Petersburg native Anatol Woolf,rnwho, in addition to freelance work, hasrndesigned sets for theaters in Russia andrnprovided illustrations for St. PetersburgrnTextbook Publishers. Since coming tornAmerica in 1987, Mr, Woolf has been arnfrequent contributing artist to Chronicles,rnas well as to the Washington Post,rnthe Washington Times, Policy Review,rnNational Geographic Traveler, LegalrnTimes, and Cricket. Mr. Woolf worksrnwith a variety of materials, from watercolorsrnto pencil to acr’lic. Further samplesrnof his work are available on his Webrnpage: www.netcom.com/~a.woolf/.rnIn Maryland, Chronicles can be foundrnat Bibolet Timonium, Timonium CrossingrnShopping Center, Timonium; Borders,rn11301 Rockville Pike, Kensington;rnNews Express, 810 Muddy BranchrnRoad, Caithersburg; Barnes & NoblernSuperstore, 4801 Bethesda Avenue,rnBethesda; Barnes & Noble Superstore, 1rnEast Joppa Road, Towson; Borders, TowsonrnCommons, Towson; Bibelot Woodholme,rn1819 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore;rnand Barnes & Noble Superstore,rn8101 Honeygo Boulevard, #5C, Baltimore.rnIf your favorite bookstore isn’t onrnthe list, please ask the manager to carr’rnChronicles.rnM.R.B. Shaw, translator, Chronicles of thernCrusades (Dorset Press). The first-hand accountsrnof two French noblemen, Ceoffreyrnde Villehardouin, who took part in thernFourth Crusade, and Jean de Joinville, whornjoined King Louis IX on the SeventhrnCrusade.rnBat Ye’or, The Decline of Eastern ChristianityrnUnder Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitudern(Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityrnPress). This definitive history of the treatmentrnof Christians and Jews under Islamicrnrule is essential reading for anyone trying tornunderstand the resurgence of Islam today.rnSteven Runciman, A History of the Crusadesrn(Cambridge University Press).rnWhile remarkable for its historical accuracy,rnthis three-volume work also treats all threernparties to the Crusades—Eastern Christians,rnWestern Christians, and Muslims—sympathetically.rnFEBRUARY 1999/9rnrnrn