Opening remarks

It is a great honor to be asked to make some opening remarks at this centennial celebration of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (JCLC). On behalf of the Journal, I extend our greetings to all the distinguished participants and our thanks for coming. On behalf of the participants, I extend our thanks and admiration to the Journal's Editorial Board, which has worked tirelessly to put this interesting conference together. To set the tone for the rest of the day, I was asked to give a bit of the history of the Journal, to highlight the important developments of the last century, to make predictions about the future, and to talk a little about one of my favorite topics, theorizing about theory-all in the remaining twenty-five minutes allocated for these remarks-and so I best move directly to the task.