dr. paul chomsky. and dr. aul chomsky taught philosophy and politics in early on in one of our sessions he assigned me to write a paper on how democratic tendencies are reflected in a a search area and regimes. he said this is not really that good of a paper. i said, sorry, sir. he said i'm going to give you a copy of the paper that somebody wrote a few years before you and you may know who he is. and i looked at the name and i said no, i've never heard of him. he said while you're from louisiana to? i said yes, sir. this person is from arkansas so you must know him. last night i must admit i was annoyed enough at the time that i allowed -- not only did i not know him but i do not know anybody from arkansas and never have known anybody from arkansas ever. but i did read the paper and it was called democracy in the soviet union a bill clinton. countably forgot about it. years later and here in washington, washington bureau, working at "time" magazine so editor coming back and forth. i get a phone call from the.y