March 12, 2012
We Know Leaders Like Those the World Is Seeking
By Mark A. Taylor “Go down with the ship? Not in this century.” So observed commentator Robert Marquand as the world learned details this January about the cruise ship disaster off the coast of Italy. The hull of the 117,000-ton Costa Concordia was torn open by rocks in shallow water Friday night, January 13. And soon the world was treated to the excuses of captain Francesco Schettino, who said he fell into a lifeboat and was unable to reboard the ship. Despite the fact that thousands of passengers were screaming and scrambling to save themselves from the chaos on the
