anderson is here. [applause] she wrote the book "for the people," whichs a cookbook, in effect, for civic action. it's very clear. russell's here, he never runs out of material. [laughter] robin's here, she runs our d.c. library renaissance project and started out ten years ago it was rated the worst library system of any major city, and now a lot of new branch libraries, and there is definitely a renaissance. alan is here, the great, courageous human rights advocate. and john richard, the citizen networker -- [applause] is here as well. and many others. so thank you for coming. this book has a provocative title. it's called "told you so." but i did wait 42 years before saying it. [laughter] and some might say, well, how could you be right so often? i mean, empirically right? as well as, perhaps, normatively right? and my answer is it's really pretty easy. here are the steps. first, you do not censor yourself, okay? second, you make sure that you have a sense of urgency about improving the life of people on our planet. the third is make sure you don't have an axe to grind which distorts or covers up reality. and you have those three, anybody can have those, and you pretty much