Croatians are obsessed with Tito. I do not follow the newspapers, let alone the national television, but I can see that there is yet another movie about the communist leader. Or is it a television series? There was an earlier one only a few years ago. If I am not mistaken, the newest movie is about his secret life. His love life, in fact. To the best of my understanding, it is rather popular, too. Born in a tiny village not far from Zagreb, Tito was as Croatian as they come. When I was growing up, his nationality was not an issue. It was actually pushed aside. Now it is of the substance. I only wonder when Croatians will figure out that they have never had a leader to match the erstwhile Yugoslav potentate. And they never will. It will take a generation or two for the simple truth to become obvious across the land. His love life will gradually fade into oblivion, and his political acumen will come to the fore. Resistance to Stalin, self-management and self-government, the non-aligned movement, and so forth. Lucky Croatians. At long last, they will have something to brag about. Tito the Croatian. The rest of former Yugoslavia can eat its heart out.