Commentary Index

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	The Roots of Conflict Between the United States and Iraq: The origins of violent conflict among and between nations are like a banyan tree. A stem grows and eventually some of its branches drop shoots to the ground that, in turn, flourish and become subsidiary roots. This essay appears in a new series of books for students in grades 7-12 called Defeating Terrorism Developing Dreams: Beyond 9/11 and the IRAQ WAR. It is chapter 7 of Volume 2: Trade Towers/War Clouds. For more information, please visit the Chelsea House Publishers website.

	No Aftermath in Iraq Yet: I had planned to pull together the military, social, political, economic and other developments in Iraq concerning liberation, rehabilitation, reform, and reconstruction. But that is not practical yet—the conflict is far from over. Like the essay above, this essay is part of Defeating Terrorism Developing Dreams. It is chapter 4 of Volume 5: Turning Point: The Rocky Road to Peace and Reconstruction For more information, please visit the Chelsea House Publishers website.

	Were I Bin Laden: Thoughts on the government's response to terrorism. Based on a presentation at a March 21, 2002 symposium, "Analysis...Where Do We Go From Here?" sponsored by The Washington Academy of Sciences and the World Future Society.

	The Future of Terrorism in Latin America: The great German military theoretician Von Clausewitz noted that war was an extension of politics by other means. The unifying theme in non-governmental terrorism is that it is a tool of the weak against the strong or the tool of two relatively weak forces against each other.

	Updating the Ten Commandments: Decalogue is another word for the Ten Commandments, but it is also defined as a guide to ethical behavior. I say society needs an updated version of the original Decalogue which would be more secular.

	The Future of Education: The educational system ignored. The system is performing far below what it should and unequivocally below what the high allocation of resources and the vast employment of people in the system should yield. Some of the reasons for this incoherence and how to stimulate interest in reform.

	Four Perspectives on the Future of Work Work life, after family life, is the second most nearly universal characteristic of our lives. Yet little research attention and study is paid to it. From Employment Relations Today (Spring 2000)

	Whither Systems Analysis: The future of systems analysis over the next fifteen years. September 11, 2001 should make clear beyond doubt to everyone that failure to take a total systems approach to plans and practices is to court disaster. Everyday in the press one reads of the ripple effects of that disaster. Effects only can ripple through a system.