ABSTRACT
LET me respond to Sue Curry Jansen’s tale of a dark New World Order with a lighter story of my own. For the last 2 years, my former university has invited a veritable host of scholars, journalists, diplomats, economists, and assorted glitterati to town for a conference on interna- tional affairs. This conference has been a big-think production from first to last—lots of geopolitical speculation, lots of publicity, lots of opportunities for hobnobbing alumni and trustees. Its function has been to display the university president’s commitment to “globalization” and—nominally—to educate faculty, students, and the community.
