ALL ASPECTS of life are in flux; nothing stays put. There is progress in some sectors, accompanied by regress in others. For instance, there is economic progress, only to be followed by a decline of material wellbeing. And there is moral, social, political, scientific, technological, intellectual, as well as spiritual progress -and regress.ContentsTHE DEDICATION 1To Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), who sought fortruth rather than outcome and never witnessedthe fruits his labor bore. Obedience to co