Some combination of way too much work, too much travel, and too few hours in the day has made me neglect this little nook of the Internet. Sorry for that. But I'm more sorry for barraging your email box with fake blog posts yesterday when I was trying to do some site maintenance and set up a... Read More
New Work
The Myth of the Maverick
What does it take to make a good leader -- and does our love affair with mavericks make sense? With sidebars on Mark Hanis and leaving as leading and a diplomat's constructive rebellion.
Q&A: Rye Barcott
The ex-marine and community organizer talks about fighting war, waging peace, and how he avoided the White Savior cliche in his memoir, "It Happened on the Way To War."
Life After Oil
A lighthearted look at how different our world will look after oil -- and how much may stay the same.
Power Tools
Did social media really start the Arab Spring -- and who might be next?
How Not to Write About Rape
Multimedia
Beyond Peace Deals
My latest collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting investigates what we (think we) know about peace -- and what we're still learning, the hard way.
The Christian Science Monitor cover story, "The Peacebuilders," that came out of this project won the 2011 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Gold Medal.
More multimedia work here