About ten years ago the California Legislature funded what they called the "Task Force on Self-Esteem." I remember it received a lot of recognition, a lot of satire and criticism as well. Doonesbury, the comic strip, took after it. For instance it had Boopsy, the actress who has out of body experiences, volunteer to be a part of the task force.

Of course the national press jumped on this, and had a field day. Some of the members of the task force looked like the stereotype of the California New Age type. I remember someone suggested that maybe they ought to paint a giant smile button on the dome of the capitol in Sacramento, and make it the state emblem.

So it got a lot of kidding, and it didn't last very long. But the problem that it talks about is still with us. It has always been with…