Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Dissent -- The Hour of European Truth for Slovenia -- When I Hear the Word " Culture" I Reach for my Revolver -- Reacts -- to the Hour of Truth for Slovenia -- Response 97 -- History -- I Ask the Prosecutor who Gave the Green Light -- Post- Communists Take- Over- The Slovenian Example with Possible Lessons for All -- Leon Štukelj Encounters Slovenian Partisans -- Leon Štukelj-Portrait of the Week -- Mass Graves from the Communist Past Haunt Slovenia -- Polemics with the Soldiers of the Revolution- Time for the Politics to Leave History to Historians -- Slovenia's President and Communist Party Boss Justifies Mass Executions Carried out by his Party Comrades -- Emigrés -- Aliens and Xenophobia -- Slovenia and its Argentine Cousins -- An Argentine Slovene Seeks Roots -- Communists -- Cold War Veterans Take Leave of Their Senses -- Communist Economics Plague the Balkans -- Communists- Still Dangerous? -- Slovenian Constitution -- and the So- Called -- The Red Spectrum -- Why Ex- Communists Hold the Power in East Europe -- American Views -- Domestic Hypocrites -- Speaking About Important Things -- Who May Defend Terrorists -- Nomenclatura Thrives -- Communist Party Boss Milan Kucan Travels to America -- Doctor -- in Cleveland -- Portrait of a Political Policeman -- Foreign Intrigue -- Osama Bin Laden's Slovenian Connection -- Lockerbie and Achille Lauro -- Ensuring Stability in the Balkans- Why Slovenia Ignores Albright's Advice -- Slovenia and NATO - Unnecessary Engagement of Political Capital -- Lobbyist to the Rescue of Slovenian Diplomacy -- On Sleeping With the Enemies- Security Exposures of Expanding NATO to Nations with Communist Heritage -- Slovenia/ U.S. Relations: Could They Be Better? -- Slovenia Miffed Over Non- Invitiation to Normandy -- Human Rights.

Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations- Violations of Human Rights in Slovenia -- Resources on Victims of Political Violence in Slovenia -- Responsibility for Murders Remains Unresolved -- Property Restitution -- Ten Years of Procrastination -- Obstacles to Property Restitution in Slovenia -- Government Instructions for Obstructing Restitution -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reports on the Status of Property of American Citizens -- Property Rights are the Foundation for Free Speech -- Restitution Law- Obstacle on the Road to European Union? -- Property Restitution in Central and Eastern Europe -- Minister Joef Školc Obstructs Restitution -- Transition: Privatization, and Private Property -- Angry Reaction to Lobbying in The United States -- The Judiciary -- Slovenia Undermines the Rule of Law in Europe -- No Rule of Law without an Effective Judiciary -- Abuse of Legality and Democratic Values in Slovenia -- Corruption of the Judiciary during Transition -- Nomination of Candidates for the Slovenian Judge on the European Court of Human Rights -- The Long Way to Rehabilitation of Bishop Roman -- Fifty- Eight Complaints from Slovenia in Strasbourg -- Television Censors Slovenia's Chief Justice -- Economy -- Warning To Investors -- Seriously About the Economy -- Journey to Economic Freedom -- Media Bliss -- Attuned -- The Smiling Face of Comrade Stalin -- Living it up at the O. K. Corral -- Conclusion -- Index.