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Below is a selection of articles written by Richard Miniter between 1990 and 2005. It is not intended to be a complete list of all of Miniter's published works. In a few cases, subscription or registration may be required.
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| Date | Title | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2006 | Richard Miniter: Clinton's Grand Failure — No wonder the ex-president is so defensive - he had Osama within reach | The Australian |
| September 27, 2006 | What President Clinton Didn't Do | The Wall Street Journal |
| September 15, 2006 | A Deadly Kindness | The New York Post |
| October 6, 2005 | Laura Ingraham for SCOTUS! | National Review Online |
| June 13, 2005 | CIA Won’t Listen to Congressman’s Source | Human Events |
| March 28, 2005 | How a Lone Diplomat Compromised the Hunt for Bin Laden | New York Sun |
| October 27, 2004 | Bin Laden's Iran alliance: Pledges al Qaeda's service to combat U.S. | Washington Times |
| October 26, 2004 | Yielding successes: Bush's coalition against terror | Washington Times |
| October 25, 2004 | U.S. help from Yemen: Tracking down the terror masters | Washington Times |
| October 21, 2004 | Who’s really winning the war on terrorism? | The Australian |
| April 1, 2004 | Against Selected Enemies | Wall Street Journal |
| March 29, 2004 | Right Goal, Wrong Method | Washington Times |
| December 12, 2003 | The Quiet Revolutionary | Tech Central Station |
| December 6, 2003 | Iraq around the clock | World Magazine |
| November 22, 2003 | The growing pains of freedom | World Magazine |
| November 16, 2003 | Spies close in on Saddam's ailing terror mastermind | Sunday Times (UK) |
| September 25, 2003 | The Iraq -- Al Qaeda Connections | Tech Central Station |
| September 24, 2003 | Dispelling the CIA-Bin Laden Myth | Fox News |
| September 23, 2003 | Clinton NSC attacks Miniter + Miniter responds | Washington Times |
| September 5, 2003 | Much known, little done | Washington Times |
| September 4, 2003 | Unprepared for battle | Washington Times |
| September 3, 2003 | Bill Clinton's indifference + Related Editorial | Washington Times |
| September 2, 2003 | Bill Clinton's failure on terrorism + Related Editorial | Washington Times |
| February 25, 2003 | Europe's Hidden Conservatives | National Review |
| December 1, 2002 | A very mixed bag: economics and politics in today's Europe | The American Enterprise |
| June 3, 2002 | Memogate - Did the CIA leak the news about 9/11? | The New Republic |
| March 17, 2002 | 'Most wanted' Al-Qaeda man held in Africa | Sunday Times (UK) |
| February 3, 2002 | A Trail of Missed Opportunities (Road to Ground Zero: Part 5) | Sunday Times |
| January 20, 2002 | Clinton's Secret War | Sunday Times (UK) |
| January 13, 2002 | God's Warrior: The September 11 Plotters | Sunday Times (UK) |
| January 13, 2002 | How the CIA Lost its Bearing in the Scrub of 95 | Sunday Times (UK) |
| January 6, 2002 | The Road to Ground Zero: Mohammed Atta | Sunday Times (UK) |
| January 6, 2002 | US Missed Three Chances to Seize Bin Laden | Sunday Times (UK) |
| December 13, 2001 | Hamburg Dispatch: Cell Block | The New Republic |
| December 10, 2001 | Vindication in Swift Victory | The Australian |
| November 9, 2001 | Fear and Loathing in Doha (by Julian Morris and Richard Miniter) | Tech Central Station |
| October 8, 2001 | Sudan's Angle | Wall Street Journal |
| October 1, 2001 | Muslims for Liberty | Wall Street Journal |
| September 24, 2001 | The Iraqi Connection | Wall Street Journal |
| September 10, 2001 | Unidentified Rolling Objects | Wall Street Journal |
| August 31, 2001 | Deliver Us From Labor Day | Wall Street Journal |
| August 27, 2001 | A German Conspiracy Theory With Legs | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| August 24, 2001 | Lost and Found | Wall Street Journal |
| August 17, 2001 | W the Vampire Slayer | Wall Street Journal |
| August 13, 2001 | In Praise of Presidential Vacations | Wall Street Journal |
| August 10, 2001 | Time Out | Wall Street Journal |
| August 3, 2001 | A Deaf Ear—II | Wall Street Journal |
| July 30, 2001 | Book Review: Business Inspiration from a Higher Power | Wall Street Journal |
| July 27, 2001 | A Deaf Ear | Wall Street Journal |
| July 23, 2001 | Hard Cell | Wall Street Journal |
| July 13, 2001 | Ken Smith's Getaway Car | Wall Street Journal |
| June 10, 2001 | In Praise of Meanness | Wall Street Journal |
| June 7, 2001 | European Firms Learn to Get Mean | Wall Street Journal |
| June 2001 | Hard Cell | Human Life Review |
| April 28, 2001 | Wall Street Journal | |
| March 22, 2001 | The Dutch Way of Death: medical ethics in the Netherlands | The Human Life Review |
| March 16, 2001 | Africa Deserves Democracy Too | Wall Street Journal |
| March 5, 2001 | How Buyers Can Buy Power | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| February 26, 2001 | Business Europe: Does Scale Still Matter? | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| February 2001 | Real-Estate Broker From Hell | Reader's Digest |
| January 22, 2001 | The Banana Boat and the Big Rock Candy Mountain | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| January 5, 2001 | In the Danger Zone |
Wall Street Journal |
| December 6, 2000 | Why Lucent no Longer Shines | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| November 28, 2000 | Globaloney: The Case Against Green Things | Wall Street Journal |
| November 6, 2000 | Business Europe: Why Lucent No Longer Shines | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| October 2, 2000 | Is Daimler the Way? | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| September 30, 2000 | 'You are not a person of concern to UNHCR' | World Magazine |
| September 16, 2000 | The aggressive pursuit of leisure: An American in Europe finds play is hard work | The Ottawa Citizen |
| September 1, 2000 | Work? Non! The Effortful Pursuit Of Pleasure |
Wall Street Journal |
| August 6, 2000 | 'You
Are Not a Person of Concern' Honorable Mention 2001 National Press Club Awards |
Wall Street Journal |
| July, 2000 | Parcours de battants (Aggressive Leisure) | Selection du Reader's Digest (Canada) |
| June 30, 2000 | Another Kind of Cold War? | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| June 1, 2000 | Book Review: The Trust | The American Enterprise |
| May 27, 2000 | Terra-Lyons Makes History—And Sense | Wall Street Journal Europe |
| February 25, 2000 | Out of stock for hourly workers? | The Washington Times |
| February 8, 2000 | Without media benefits | The Washington Times |
| February, 2000 | Sorpresas sin límite en Internet | Reader's Digest (México) |
| February, 2000 | Etonnez-vous avec le Net (Are you astonished with the (Inter)Net?) |
Selection du Reader's Digest (Canada) |
| January 1, 2000 | Book Review: France on the Brink: A Great Civilization Faces the New Century | The American Enterprise |
| December 21, 1999 | George W. Bush: Texas Democrat | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| December 1999 | Surprising Things You Can Do On-Line | Reader's Digest |
| November 18, 1999 | Don't expand mail monopoly; stamp it out | Journal of Commerce |
| November 12, 1999 | Going Postal | The Washington Times |
| November 11, 1999 | U.S. Mail Monopoly Should Be Wiped Out | Bridge News |
| November 10, 1999 | Don't Pick On A Toothless Tiger | The Australian Financial Review |
| November 1, 1999 | Wall Street Journal | |
| October 28, 1999 | It's Time To Stop Trivialising Chainsaw Capitalism | The Australian Financial Review |
| September 20, 1999 | Clinton Aims a Wrecking Ball At Teacher’s Pensions | Bridge News |
| September 8, 1999 | EBay: A Tale of Survival Against The Odds | Australian Financial Review |
| September 1999 | Great Business Comebacks | Reader's Digest |
| Aug-Sept, 1999 | Forced payment requiring - exempted teachers and the clergy to make contributions to Social Security | Reason |
| July 12, 1999 | No escape hatch for lockbox? | The Washington Times |
| July 1999 | Sudan: The False Promise
of Slave Redemption Honorable Mention 2000 National Press Club Awards |
The Atlantic Monthly |
| May 28, 1999 | Good Works In Bad Places |
Wall Street Journal |
| May 1999 | Cool Things You Can Do On-Line | Reader's Digest |
| April 1999 | Bringing Work Home | Reader's Digest |
| March 5, 1999 | Wall Street Journal | |
| March 1999 | Willie Wonka They’re Not | American Enterprise |
| March 1999 | Keepers of the Dream | Reader's Digest |
| February 18, 1999 | When Size Isn't Everything | The Australian Financial Review |
| February 1, 1999 | Manager's Journal: It's Not The End Of The Road Or Midsize Car-Makers |
Wall Street Journal |
| January 14, 1999 | Discount Tag, A Brand To Avoid | The Australian Financial Review |
| December 7, 1998 | Wall Street Journal | |
| November 6, 1998 | The self-destruction of Ronald Reagan's heirs: The Republican Party, which once pledged to give America's voters 'a choice, not an echo,' now gives neither | Bridge News |
| November 1998 | Why is America's Black Middle Class Strangely Fragile? | The American Enterprise |
| October 1, 1998 | Eateries seek a free song | Journal of Commerce |
| September 30, 1998 | Restaurant lobby has GOP singing an un-American tune; restaurateurs want Congress to give away the private property of (mostly Democrat) songwriters | Bridge News |
| September 1998 | Why NASA Must Go | American Enterprise |
| June 15, 1998 | Wall Street Journal | |
| June 8, 1998 | Cuba's nuclear threat | Journal of Commerce |
| June 7, 1998 | Cuban reactor poses risk to U.S.; Castro government resumes construction of flawed nuclear facility | The Baltimore Sun |
| June 3, 1998 | A nuclear threat arises in Cuba: Castro has resumed construction of dangerous Soviet-era reactors that threaten Americans from Texas to D.C. | Bridge News |
| June 3, 1998 | Newly nuclear neighbor | The Washington Times |
| May 21, 1998 | Busting Microsoft May Give Australia Free Reign | The Australian Financial Review |
| May 1998 | America’s Newest Corporate Address is Home Sweet Home | American Enterprise |
| May 1998 | Why Can’t My Son’s Teacher Speak English? | American Enterprise |
| April 28, 1998 | More money for teachers, and forget the kids | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| April 21, 1998 | Bilingual means money for teachers instead of education for children | Knight Ridder/Tribune |
| April 1998 | How to Plan for Your Financial Future | Reader's Digest |
| March 31, 1998 | It takes an entrepreneur to raise a child | Bridge News |
| March 15, 1998 | Suburbs in the driver's seat; Political clout preserves power of car culture | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) |
| March 1998 | Why do Boom Towns Boom? | American Enterprise |
| January 27, 1998 | Suburban politics | The Baltimore Sun |
| January 14, 1998 | All things considered, a bad idea | Journal of Commerce |
| January 12, 1998 | I am suburbanite, hear me roar! | Journal of Commerce |
| January 4, 1998 | Voters in suburbia drive home an automotive agenda | News and Observer (Raleigh, NC) |
| December 28, 1997 | Suburbs rising; Distant rumble is the sound of cars and political clout | Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) |
| December 28, 1997 | For a Nation of Suburbanites, Cars are a Political Issue | The Bergen County Record (New Jersey) |
| December 27, 1997 | In these changing times, suburbanites gaining political clout | Austin American-Statesman (Texas) |
| December 21, 1997 | New driving force in politics Suburbs overtake cities for control | The Times Union (Albany, New York) |
| November 7, 1997 | Wall Street Journal | |
| November 4, 1997 | Enterprising Generation X | Journal of Commerce |
| November 1997 | Small Towns, Big Government | American Enterprise |
| October 21, 1997 | Escalating health premiums | The Washington Times |
| October 17, 1997 | It's the law and it's inexpensive | Journal of Commerce |
| October 1997 | This Generation Means Business | Reader's Digest |
| September 1997 | Bad Economics Makes Bad Movies | American Enterprise |
| July 17, 1997 | Wall Street Journal | |
| July 1997 | Generation X Does Business | American Enterprise |
| May 1997 | Dopeheads: The FDA Cracks Down on Parents | American Enterprise |
| April 24, 1997 | Reforming unemployment insurance | The Washington Times |
| November 1996 | Al Dunlop and the Shareholder Revolution | American Enterprise |
| November 1996 | Enterprising Women | Reader's Digest |
| January 1996 | Under Siege: New York's Liability Ordeal | Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy |
| November 27, 1995 | Social Services Should Work for Adoptions | Insight on the News |
| November 20, 1995 | Column: Better to Pluck Tyson Chickens than Taxpayers - welfare reform in Missouri | Insight on the News |
| September 4, 1995 | The Kessler Tobaccomania: Commissioner David A. Kessler of the Food and Drug Administration | Insight on the News |
| August 21, 1995 | Weatherman leader heads ABA panel: Bernardine Dohrn, former leader of the Weatherman Underground and American Bar Assn co-chair | Insight on the News |
| July 1995 | From Weapons to Widgets | American Enterprise |
| Summer 1995 | This Market Sure Isn't Free | City Journal |
| June 26, 1995 | Cleaning Up Superfund | National Review |
| April 26, 1995 | One Republican's Hollywood detour | The Washington Times |
| March 24, 1995 | Bureaucrat-Persecuted Landowners Need Relief | Human Events |
| Spring 1995 | A Vicious Cycle | City Journal |
| Winter 1995 | Cease-Fire in the Water War | City Journal |
| Winter 1995 | Jurymandering | City Journal |
| December 23, 1994 | Property Rights Drive is Fast Gaining Ground | Human Events |
| December 22, 1994 | Vassar's War Against Women | The Washington Times |
| December 11, 1994 | Contract Out on Bureaucratic Property Rights Abuses | The Washington Times |
| October 24, 1994 | Gay Right Holds GOP in a Firm Embrace | Insight on the News |
| Fall 1994 | You Just can’t take it Anymore | Policy Review |
| May 1994 | Ending Reform as We Know It | The World & I |
| March 7, 1994 | As the Vast Wasteland Blooms, Can PBS Thrive? | Insight |
| February 21, 1994 | Women’s Successes Banish Business Myths | Insight |
| January 24, 1994 | Campus Speech Wars: Waving the Tacky Shirt | Insight |
| Winter 1994 | New York’s Needless War Over Water | City Journal |
| December 27, 1993 | Cover Story: Are the Greens losing their grip? U.S. environmental movement | Insight on the News |
| December 27, 1993 | Shoot-out at the ethics gap: dubious behavior of Interior Department appointee, George Frampton | National Review |
| November 15, 1993 | Cover Story: Will voters vouch for schools? California referendum proposes school choice amendment | Insight on the News |
| October 11, 1993 | Cover Story: Congress chokes on pork chop; how Rep Richard Pombo attempted to save wasted spending on a California wildlife project | Insight on the News |
| September 27, 1993 | Rules of the House don't get in the way; how congressmen sidestep House of Representatives regulations to delay or enact legislation | Insight on the News |
| Autumn 1993 | Lead Astray | City Journal |
| August 23, 1993 | Cover Story: The shifting ground of property rights; costs of implementing federal regulations | Insight on the News |
| August 21, 1993 | Environmentalists Target Dry Cleaners | Human Events |
| August 21, 1993 | Regulated Senseless in New York City | New York Times |
| August 16, 1993 | Smokers Express Airlines: Airline hopes to fly smoker-friendly skies | Insight on the News |
| August, 1993 | Ill-gotten gains: abuse of asset-forfeiture statutes | Reason |
| July 26, 1993 | Cover Story: Congress's new class - wild at heart | Insight on the News |
| July 5, 1993 | False start at Interior? Controversy over selection of George T. Frampton Jr. as assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks | Insight on the News | Summer 1993 | Is Dry Cleaning a Health Hazard? | City Journal |
| June 14, 1993 | Crime Wave May Turn L.A. Tide | Insight |
| June 7, 1993 | Religion Stands up to Big Brother | Insight |
| May 4, 1993 | In defense of the forgotten right | The Washington Times |
| Spring 1993 | Urban Ecology: New Fuels Won’t Clear the Air | City Journal |
| March 29, 1993 | Clinton’s Unlikely Boosters | Insight |
| March 22, 1993 | Legal channels and cable's future: Impact of Cable Television Consumer Protection Act of 1992 on the already over-regulated cable television industry | Insight on the News |
| February 22, 1993 | Property Seizures on Trial | Insight |
| February 8, 1993 | Challenges Ahead for the EPA’s New Earth Mother | Insight |
| Winter 1993 | Getting the Lead Out | City Journal |
| December 14, 1992 | Cover Story: 'Wetlands' send man up the river; irony of case against environmentalist William Ellen, accused of violating wetlands regulations in Maryland wildlife sanctuary project | Insight on the News |
| September 20, 1992 | Running Against a Computer | Washington Post |
| August 1992 | Trouble in Paradise | Reason |
| July 6, 1992 | Saving the species | National Review |
| Summer 1992 | A False Alarm on Smog | City Journal |
| March 31, 1992 | Wall Street Journal | |
| Winter 1992 | Shutting Down New York | City Journal |
| April 15, 1991 | The Oil Shortage That Wasn’t | National Review |
| March 1991 | Jumping on the 'Greenhouse' Bandwagon | The World & I |
| Spring 1991 | Muddy Waters | Policy Review |
| February 17, 1991 | PBS: Is the 'Green' Network a Bit Shady? | Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| February 8, 1991 | Too Hot for PBS? | Christian Science Monitor |
| February, 1991 | The Oil Weapon | National Review |
| November 7, 1990 | The $9 billion gas tax detour | The Washington Times |
"Richard [Miniter] is one of those people who has a resume so chocked full of impressive achievements that it leaves one wondering how he manages to fit it all into one life. As well as being an award-winning business journalist he is also an expert on security matters and will shortly be publishing a book on America’s terror war with Al-Qaeda. "
"Miniter, who lives in Brussels, Belgium (when he's not out chasing warlords or intelligence officials) has delivered terrific literary fare for many years as an editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal Europe, the American Spectator, Reader's Digest and in his former weekly column for the Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com."
"I was in the seventh grade when Reagan was sworn in in 1981, and I had watched his words stir the adults around me for the past two years," [Richard] Miniter says. "I remember Election Day 1980 and election night—a landslide the media reported like a funeral, like a desperate dispatch from an asylum in which the inmates had killed the keeper."
"Reagan made ideas exciting, and he inspired me to become a journalist," Miniter continues. "He always seemed to have facts and anecdotes that the mainstream press had missed. That told me that there always would be room in the press for someone who was willing to be dogged and unconventional. After all, Reagan used his philosophy to uncover things that others didn't see."
