Essay at Huffington Post

Just fyi, yesterday evening the Huffington Post published an essay by Roger Morris and me. I'm quite pleased at how it turned out and I hope it makes an impact. Here's a brief back-story, which you may find interesting: When Matthew Hoh resigned Roger suggested to me that we write about it. I agreed. I wrote the first draft, which Roger essentially rewrote (he's a much more elegant, indeed, brilliant, writer). He wanted me to still be the primary author but I made myself the second author. Anyhow, I submitted our piece to the Los Angeles Times. They declined it. The first time they've declined something from me in years — I'm not sure exactly why. Well, we weren't about to give up so I then sent our piece to Arianna Huffington, who was very kind and happy to take it. A first! Please take a look and, if you can, please leave a comment there.