From the editor.

As I have done for the last three years, I am using this summer issue "From the Editor" column to update readers on the state of the Journal.

The relationship between the Journal's editorial staff and our publisher and printer, M.E. Sharpe, continues to be strong and productive. Once again, we managed to print all of the 2005 issues on schedule. We are investigating the possibility of tweaking the production schedule just a bit, however. It has come to our attention that some readers are unhappy with receiving the winter issue of the Journal in January of the next calendar year. While we cannot guarantee that the schedule will appreciably change, I want to let readers know that we and the …