Muhammad Ali as sage and world peacemaker seems to have become a veritable cottage industry. Witness one of the lamer publishing scams to appear lately, "Healing: A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding," "by" Muhammad Ali and Thomas Hauser. Muhammad Ali is listed as a co-author, but only a few quotes from him grace this tiny volume, which is little more than a deep-thoughts diary for readers to scribble in, garnished with some assorted quotes by literary notables and an inspirational, let's-stop-hating-each-other introduction by noted Ali biographer Thomas Hauser. At $9.95, it's worth every $.75 of it. Back toThe myth of Muhammad