I recently read a fascinating article in the Academy of Management Journal with the slightly daunting title “Implicit Voice Theories: Taken…
The 14 months since Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow have not been kind to those who yearn for a free Egypt. A military junta rules, Islamists…
Outsiders must be a little mystified as to why the Obama administration’s nomination of Jim Young Kim to lead the World Bank has kicked up…
Before the Internet age, when my car had some minor problem, I would choose a car shop at random and walk out with a whopping bill for some…
I have long argued that the most underused tool in the government manager’s arsenal is appealing to what scholars call the public service…
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The frenzy of indignation surrounding President Obama’s open-mike chat with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has yet to subside, as his…
Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade, who was defeated at Sunday's elections, drove himself out of office. He was undone with the help of the youth who…
When President Obama declared that we should try diplomacy with Iran before war, it was fascinating, and a little disconcerting, to watch…
This year’s presidential campaign in the United States has been marked by calls from Barack Obama’s would-be Republican challengers for a…