in the Chicano movement is a full-linerninsurgency. If it isn’t addressed andrnstopped, they’ll take the Southwesternrnstates without a shot.”rn• Two Small Steps for Rockford: Citizensrnof Rockford are beginning to see thernlight at the end of the tunnel. Althoughrnthe federal magistrate still controls thernRockford school district, his grip isrnweakening. Despite the best efforts ofrnRockford’s political and media powers,rnvoters elected two school board candidatesrnwho have vowed to fight the case allrnthe way to the Supreme Court. And therndav after the school board election, arnstate judge ruled that Rockford’s taxrnprotesters (told by Rockford’s mayor,rnCharles Box, to “belly up and pay”) havernbeen right all along: the use of a specialrntax to raise $150 million for “discriminationrnremedies” is illegal. The federalrnmagistrate, who had ordered the schoolrndistrict to impose the tax, mav now turnrnto a federal tax; if he does, however, therncase ma)’ go all the way to the SupremernCourt, where legal observers believe therntaxpaers will win. Watch these pages forrnfurther updates.rnOBITER DICTA: The proceedings ofrnthe eighth annual meehng of the JohnrnRandolph Club were recorded. Eachrnaudiotape covers one session, while therntape of the Chronicles anniversars’ dinnerrnincludes Tom Fleming’s rousing speechrnon reclaiming the American right as wellrnas his comrades’ hilarious roast of him.rnFor prices and ordering information,rnplease see the advertisement inside thernfront cover.rnRichard Moore, a poet from Belmont,rnMassachusetts, has contributedrnthree new poems to this issue. Mr.rnMoore is the author of nine books of poetrv,rntranslations of Plautus and Euripides,rna book of literary essays, and a novel.rnThe Investigator. His most recent book ofrnverse. Pygmies and Pyramids, was publishedrnb’ Orchises Press. Mr. Moorerngives frequent readings in the Bostonrnarea.rnChronicles is illustrated this month byrnStephen Anderson, a folk artist fromrnRockford, Illinois, who was recently featuredrnon the TV show Wild Chicago.rnMr. Anderson, who is self-taught, is affiliatedrnwith the Phyllis Kind Callery inrnChicago and New York.rnAre ou looking for an extra copy ofrnChronicles to give to a friend? In Washington,rncheck out the University BookrnStore, 990 102nd Avenue, N.E., Departmentrn301, Bellevue; Barnes & Noble Superstore,rn19401 Alderwood Mall Parkway,rnLynwood; Bulldog News, 1103 N.rn36th Street, Seattle; and Eagle HarborrnBook Company, 157 Winslow Way E^ast,rnBainbridge Island. In Oregon, Chroniclesrnis available at Borders Books, 2605rnS.W. Cedar Hills Boulevard, Beaverton;rnPeterson’s, 922 S.W. Morrison Street,rnPortiand; Rich’s Cigar Store, 820 S.W.rnAlder Street, Portland; Powells Bookstore,rn1005 W. Burnside Street, Portland;rnand Barnes & Noble Superstore, WashingtonrnSquare Too, 10206 WashingtonrnSquare Road, Tigard. In California, Bayrnarea readers can find Chronicles at Borders,rn400 Post Street, San Francisco;rnStacey’s Bookstore, 581 Market Street,rnSan Francisco; Juicy News, 2453 FillmorernStreet, San Francisco; and Borders,rn588 Francisco Boulevard West, SanrnRaf;iel.rn^^^•ABLE (.^^rnTlie Book of Exodus. A bureaucratic empirernenslaves a people and forces them to work mostrnof the year for Pharaoh’s IRS.rnJohannes Althusius, Politica (LibertyClassics).rnOne of the foundational works of federalistrntheory.rnJames Madison et al., The Federalist. The classicrndefense of the Constitution.rnHerbert Storing, ed., The Anti-Federalistrn(University of Chicago Press). A concise onevolumerncollection of writings in opposition tornthe Constitution. Read the letters by “Brutus”rnin conjunction with Hamilton’s contributionsrnto The Federalist.rnThomas Jefferson, Public and Private Papers (Library of America).rnJefferson’s concerns about the concentration of power helped leadrnto the Bill of Rights.rnM.E. Bradford, Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of thernUnited States Constitution (University of Georgia Press). The Constitutionrnas a Southern document.rnClyde Wilson, The Essential Calhoun (Transaction). The concentrationrnof power is not simply a 20th century phenomenon; Calhoun attempted tornrestore true federalism 1 50 years ago.rnRaoul Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of thernFourteenth Amendment (LibertyClassics). The classic indictment of thernImperial Judiciar)’.rnWilliam Quirk and R. Randall Bridwell, Judicial Dictatorship (Transaction).rnHow we got to where we are, and where we can go from here.rnStephen Presser, Recapturing the Constitution: Race, Religion, andrnAbortion Reconsidered (Regnery). A call to action.rnThe Westerner. Walter Brennan plays Judge Roy Bean, “the only law west ofrnthe Pecos” and, like most judicial dictators, a complete scoundrel. It’s a fairyrntale with a happy ending: Gary Cooper kills the judge.rn1776. A musical rendition of the American founding, which presents arnsurprisingly sympathetic view of the Founders.rnFEBRUARY 1998/9rnrnrn