Bob Bishop explores the concepts of reality, both as perceived and scientific, and demonstrates how preconceived notions, grounded in local paradigms, can affect not only scientific and mechanical invention, but difficult societal issues as well. 

    The value of human life, our current judicial system, voting age, and abortion are just a few of our ideas that are based more on Aristotelian concepts rather than the principles of "fuzzy logic" that are argued by BOB BISHOP so persuasively. 

    The new science of fuzzy logic is gaining acceptance in the field of engineering but the American public at large is, for the most part, unaware of the subject. Mainstream fuzzy logic has had engineering-only applications, but now, thanks to Bishop's insightful analysis, the concept has a fresh approach that should inspire an even better understanding of our perceptions of reality.

Reviews

    "This is an extremely fascinating, thought-provoking book, that once started I could not put down until I had read it through. . .it makes one want to read it again and again. [The reader] will gain new insight into the way we perceive our views of the world . . . ."

Richard Hayman,
Principal "Pops" conductor
of the St. Louis and Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestras

    "Although the author is a physicist, he explains complicated concepts that are easily understood."

Conrad Dobler,
Former "Offensive Guard" St. Louis Cardinals,
Owner of Superior Healthcare Staffing, Inc.,
Kansas City, Missouri

About The Author

   BOB BISHOP (Mr. Logic) is the popular host of the "Thinking Machine" Show, broadcast weekly in California. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Science degree in physics from UCLA. He has worked on the Gemini X and XI space programs and was a senior engineer at the Jet Propulsion Lab. Bishop created "Apple Vision." He served as a senior member of the technical staff of Apple Computer where he worked with co-founder Steve Wozniak in research and development. Bishop retired from Apple at age 37.

Cloth, 217 pages, 6×9
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Science, Philosophy
ISBN 0-944435-44-0
LC 97-74302

    Envision a world without poverty or economic oppression — a place where humankind can attain its potential amidst the weightlessness of true freedom. Imagine the United States, and the rest of the world, without hunger or homelessness where educated societies enjoy all the fruits of their labor. In such a society it would not be necessary to hand over your hard-earned dollars to the government in payment of ever-increasing taxes. Such a vision is no doubt utopian, but Jacques Jaikaran introduces us to a radical economic reorganization of what is now a debt culture and proposes a monetary revolution the results of which would virtually eliminate debt as we know it.

    Debt Virus deals with the anatomy and physiology of money, the lifeblood of commerce and industry and hence the economy. Jaikaran points out a monetary error at the root of our cyclical economic problems and prescribes a cure that promises to benefit all mankind.

Reviews

    ". . . intriguing and penetrating as it questions the traditional role of money in our economy. [Jaikaran's book] challenges orthodox methods of money management in our economy and offers a convincing alternative to the status quo. . . provocative reading even for the layperson."

Dr. Ashton I. Veramallay,
Professor of Economics,
Indiana University East

   "There is no question in my mind but that the issue must be seriously considered by every American as well as people from other countries in this world. . . [Jaikaran] has observed a phenomenon that almost everyone else seems to be blind to."

Gerald M. McIntosh,
Executive Vice President,
Administaff

About The Author

    JACQUES JAIKARAN was born in Guyana where only elementary education was free. In order to pay to go to high school, he became a plantation laborer even before his teen years. Following high school he bought a one-way ticket from South America to England. He won a scholarship to medical school, continuing his studies in the United States where he ultimately became a plastic surgeon. While serving on a board of directors of a Texas bank, Jaikaran began to study the monetary systems of the United State and other countries. Jaikaran's urgent concerns for the future have led him to organize Global Monetary Consultants, Inc., an organization dedicated to the dissemination of information and political action toward his ideal of a debt-free society. 

Cloth, 247 pages, 6×9, $21.95 $16.47
ISBN 0-944435-13-0
LC 91-70030
Economics

    The United States is on a collision course with reality. The outward appearance of a functioning democracy, campaigns waged, elections held, and legislation passed — obscures the structural flaws that have rendered America's political system incapable of solving the intractable problems that threaten the nation's future. The danger signs are evident — high levels of crime and poverty, anemic job creation, huge budget and trade deficits, and a burgeoning national debt. Solutions to these and other problems exist, but difficult decisions are required, and America's government has lost the ability to make them. 

   In the absence of war or economic depression, democracies are slow to adjust to changing realities. The reason for this lethargic response is that change requires consensus, and building a consensus is typically a laborious task. Unfortunately, America's warped system of campaign finance has given special interests primacy over the general interest, and as a result, consensus building has become an almost impossible task. 

    While it is widely recognized that political problems exist, little is being done to fix them. The participants work to make incremental changes to the status quo, but changes insufficient to veer America off the dangerous path it now treads. The United States faces a simple, yet enormously important choice. It can fix things now, or it can fix them later. Waiting for disaster to strike is a poor substitute for preventive action.

Reviews

    "Spath's book is a critical commentary on current political and economic dilemmas facing Americans today."

Clinton [New York] Courier

    "I found it extremely interesting. I couldn't put it down. . . He [has] good ideas, but they probably will never get through because of how the country is run."

Observer-Dispatch,
Utica, New York

About The Author

    MICHAEL F. SPATH, a graduate of Brown University, has developed computer models for financial organizations and has served as an expert in the areas of Collateralized Mortgage Obligation issues and CMO residuals on Wall Street. He is currently an investment banker in San Francisco. With a strong background in finance and economics and an unquenchable interest in history, Spath embarked upon a three-year odyssey resulting in his book Dangerous Delusions. 

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Politics
ISBN 0-944435-26-2
LC 94-75992

    Spring Winds of Beijing is a vivid and passionate account of the events in Beijing during the spring of 1989. The reader "takes to the streets" to mingle with the people from the early days of exhilaration through the silence of horror that enveloped the city following the Tiananmen Massacre. Giving voice to the ordinary Chinese people — the Laobaixing — Spring Winds of Beijing provides insight into the social, economic, and political problems of modern China, while recounting the dramatic effects of the student movement on government and student leaders. Above all, it pays tribute to the character and courage of the Chinese people.

    Most foreigners in China have limited access to the Chinese people. Government authorities have assumed them to be spies. Each group then sees a different side of China with their impressions drawn from their restricted contact. Gail Copeland has had the advantage of living and traveling in China as a member of a business delegation, a potential investor, an independent traveler, a student, and a writer. Her various experiences, coupled with a gregarious nature and a warm personality, have earned her the friendship and trust of Chinese from all walks of life. 

Reviews

    "In her touching and vivid account of Beijing in the spring of 1989, Gail Copeland writes with honesty and compassion. Most important, she does an excellent job of introducing to the American public the laobaixing (the ordinary people of China) and giving voice to their discontent and their dreams of a free and democratic China."

Wuer Kaixi,
Exiled Student Leader and Co-founder of The Federation for a Democratic China

    "We were astonished by Gail's deep understanding of Chinese culture and social background as well as her knowledge of Chinese history. Gail has proven her credentials in writing about China and about Chinese people. Her book is just like her: so real and so close to you."

Xun Ge,
Chairman of the Council,
The Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the United States.

About The Author

    Businesswoman, entrepreneur, author, photographer, lecturer, and China Hand, GAIL COPELAND first traveled to the People's Republic of China in 1982. It was love at first sight! Over the past decade, she has returned repeatedly, to live, to study, and to travel in China. As a result, Gail Copeland has developed an extensive knowledge of the Middle Kingdom and an appreciation and affection for the Chinese people, giving her keen insight into a culture that she describes as "overwhelmingly complex at times, and incredibly simple at other times."

Cloth, 330 pages, 6×9 
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History
ISBN 0-944435-20-3
LC 92-73014

    The siren song of "Environmentalism" has enamored many. The Environmental Clean-Up Responsibility Act became law in New Jersey in 1983, but a myriad of complex regulations have created a hysterical torrent. Constitutional protections have been breached while a patchwork of rules and regulations has caused serious dislocations to commerce, jobs, and the lives of many ordinary citizens. In New Jersey, the storage of mounds of dirt can be illegal; failing in business can land a person in jail; grass clippings and leaves have become regulated waste products; to move a rock in a stream or to cut down a tree can bring heavy fines; and a farmer using water to grow blueberries or cranberries can be fined millions of dollars for despoiling "wet-lands." 

    Cities cannot foreclose on companies that neglect to pay real estate taxes because, upon doing so, they become the present owner and hence responsible for clean up costs. Owners of older buildings have become financially responsible for the pollution of others. A Pennsylvania man is facing jail because he unwittingly filled in a wet area even while improving it. A New Jersey businessman currently faces a criminal indictment for the crime of "going out of business." Victim takes the reader through the hysterical, convoluted process of present day environmental regulation, while attempting to seek a better solution. Bruce G. Siminoff believes it is possible to clean up the environment.

Reviews

    "If this country is destroyed, it will be destroyed by mindless bureaucrats and Kafkaesque regulation much sooner than by the pollution we all want cleaned up."

Franklin G. Reick,
President,
Fluoramics Inc.

    "Victim provides many examples of how environmental overkill can cost jobs and economic loss while adversely affecting the lives of the people."

Richard L. Duprey,
Director of Government Relations,
Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey.

"I recommend it highly."

Alan Caruba,
Bookviews

About The Author

    The late Bruce G. Siminoff. . . served as chairman of the ECRA Task Force of the Commerce & Industry Association (N.J.). Mr. Siminoff's many books and articles include The Liberty Crisis and Victim: Caught in the Environmental Web, Glenbridge Publishing Ltd. He lectured extensively on environmental and business affairs.

Cloth, 300 pages, 6×9
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Politics
ISBN 0-944435-19-X
LC 92-71366

    Potter and Youngman describe competitiveness as the ability of individual enterprises to sell goods and services profitably in both domestic and foreign markets. The nation's continued prosperity now depends on the ability of U.S. companies to produce and market goods and services that can compete successfully in both price and quality with foreign companies.

    It is not widely understood that U.S. employment policy has an important bearing on this country's economic competitiveness, which translates into American capacity to create and provide jobs for American workers. Americans are asking why their traditional jobs and industries are disappearing and why their standard of living is not improving as it did in earlier decades. These questions must be addressed and Keeping America Competitive provides the answers. 

Reviews

    "Keeping America Competitive" seems a genuine attempt to balance the needs of employers who would be internationally competitive and of employees who would be mobile and flexible."

The New York Times

    "The authors present convincing evidence and analysis to document their thesis; overall, the study is a significant contribution to the debate on competitiveness."

Choice

About The Authors

    EDWARD E. POTTER is president of the Employment Policy Foundation based in Washington, D.C., a foundation dedicated to clarifying the effects of employment policies being formulated by Congress, the courts, and administrative agencies on job creation and U.S. competitiveness. He is a partner in the law firm of McGuiness & Williams in Washington, D.C., specializing in labor, equal employment opportunity law, and international labor law.

    JUDITH A. YOUNGMAN is former Vice President for Public Affairs with Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. She is a specialist in merger negotiations and has supervised worldwide external and internal communications during merger processes. Dr. Youngman is an associate professor of political science at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where she heads the Government and History Section.

Cloth, 434 pages, 6×9
$27.95 $20.97
Politics
ISBN 0-944435-28-9
LC 94-77235