Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 4 June 2004
Rec'd a FEDEX at the college while I was on the road. Inside is a "first bound" advance copy of Forbes (7 June 2004, probably on stands now), and a signed letter from Steve Forbes stating, "You might be interested in one of the items on page 42 of the enclosed FORBES magazine."
So I open it up and on page 42, under the feature title of "Other Comments" (which follows Mr. Forbes' own weekly editor's column, suggesting he picks these himself) is a series of quotes from recent articles. Mine is at the top of the list (actually, under a quote from Winston Churchill: “Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and taking one's temperature."). It looks like this:
"Reign of TerrorPretty nice to make both Forbes and Rolling Stone (forthcoming) in the same month! That must mean we're working the middle ground fairly effectively.
Terrorism thrives where globalization has yet to extend itself in any meaningful way, because countries that lack widespread economic interactions with the outside world (beyond just pumping oil) are either failed states or brutally repressive regimes, both of which generate desperate young men seeking political change through violence. You want to dry up global terror? Make globalization truly global."
--THOMAS P.M. BARNETT, Washington Post"
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