SELECTED WORK

Reporting, arguments, observations, and stories — some serious, some less sensible.

FROM THE DESK

A selection of journalism, essays and other work — reporting what matters, questioning what doesn’t quite add up, and occasionally getting distracted by something interesting.

LOOK CLOSER

The interesting part of a story is often the detail everybody agreed was too ordinary to mention.

ASK AGAIN

Simple answers are useful. Complicated questions rarely have the decency to provide them.

HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND?