Bin Laden’s Innovations

Christian Science Monitor—August 2002 Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda leaders continue to elude and bedevil us. Bin Laden’s movement and the strategic thinking of the Islamists continues to evolve. I fear that, as discussed here, our legions of super-secret hit...

Demand More of America’s Leaders

Christian Science Monitor—July 2002 As the arts of sloganeering and political manipulation become the first competencies of public officials, I worry about a general decline in the quality of public leadership. One might make the connection to the...

Save a Slot for Columbia

Christian Science Monitor—June 2002 In a world churning with activity, we tend to stare at only one or two headline-quality problems at a time. This op-ed suggested that we take a minute from other crises to watch one of the planet’s primal struggles. The jury...

No to Anti-Arab Bigotry

Christian Science Monitor—May 2, 2002 No to anti-Arab bigotry, The US must see Mideast Arabs as part of the solution—May Writing this piece, my concern was that the American-led war on terror was taking a wrong turn into the fuzzy belief that Arab and Islam were...

Listen for Peace

Christian Science Monitor—April 2002 My own title for this piece is “Visible Listening.” Advocating strategic listening as our most powerful public diplomacy tool, this was written six months into the “war” on terrorism. It was clear then that...

Where’s Military Creativity?

Christian Science Monitor—February 2002 Written to help citizen-taxpayers critique the Pentagon’s budget request, this op-ed challenges the professional expertise of the modern officer corps. I think this criticism is even more valid after watching the mistakes...