OP-EDs
- Bilmes, Linda J. "What are we willing to sacrifice in war on ISIS?" Boston Globe. March 11, 2015
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Fighting the Islamic State - how much will it cost?" Boston Globe. October 8, 2014
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Can the U.S. afford another $3 trillion war?" CNN. August 27, 2014
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Yesterday's VA Is Serving Today's Veterans. Therin Lies the Problem." Cogoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. July 16, 2014
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Boots on the Budget: Personnel costs need to be part of the equation for military cuts." The Boston Globe. March 22, 2014.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Reforming the Budget: Four Steps to Restore Fiscal Discipline." Brookings. February 5, 2014.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "U.N. Funding is a Small Price for Peace." The Boston Globe. January 25, 2014.
- Bilmes, Linda J. and William Daley. "With HealthCare.gov, the government’s bad management skills are showing again." The Washington Post. November 7, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "As the Shutdown Turns: It's Time to Stop the Budgetary Soap Opera." Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio. October 10, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "No day at the National Parks." The Boston Globe. October 4, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "The Cost of Striking Syria: 4 Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan." Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio, September 6, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Pentagon a ripe target for cuts." The Boston Globe. July 31, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Giving Margaret Thatcher The Feminist Cred She Deserved - And Would Have Hated." Cognoscenti, WBUR National Public Radio, April 17, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J, "Hurling itself off successive cliffs, Congress shows dysfunction." The Boston Globe. February 22, 2013.
- Stiglitz, Joseph and Linda J. Bilmes. "There Will Be No Peace Dividend After Afghanistan." Financial Times, January 24, 2013.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Three Ways to Avoid Future 'Fiscal Cliffs', " Cognoscenti WBUR National Public Radio, Novemer 26, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "The battle for veterans' votes," Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "The Truth Behind The Ryan Budget," WBUR National Public Radio, September 19, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Don't Perpetuate a 'Culture of Endless Money'"" New York Times, September 10, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "Afghanistan is missing from the campaign." The Boston Globe, July 15, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. and Shelby Chodos, "Where the New Deal meets Reaganomics." The Washington Post, July 1, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "And now, battles with hardly any rules." The Boston Globe, February 5, 2012.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "What have we learned from Iraq?" The Boston Globe, December 7, 2011.
- Bilmes, Linda J. "America's Costly War Machine." Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2011.