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Sharp turn on Wall Street
My cover story for the July/August issue of Arrive is now riding the northeastern rails, a look at the nation’s economic crisis and the role of the financial media. CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo, the Wall...
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Medicine Bow: A tale of beauty and devastation
Late last week, as world leaders were again failing to make progress on the rising threat of climate change, I was hiking to the top of Medicine Bow Peak in Wyoming. An unusually wet June produced a...
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The spirit of Haida Gwaii
In late August I returned to the archipelago of Haida Gwaii, a place whose ancient, complex culture and astonishing natural beauty are inextricable. Earlier this week, in the village of Old Massett,...
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The “Mcfarthest” spot, mass air traffic and a Minnesota-size memory
I’ve always loved maps. They reward the longer gaze. Especially in these digitally frenetic times. Whether depicting authentic truths or questionable claims, or one of many shades in between, they tend...
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“Bluetoothing” Iran’s revolution
Though it’s grabbing fewer headlines these days, the upheaval in Tehran that began last summer continues to simmer. Apparently the Obama administration has some evolving ideas about how to exploit the...
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Postcard from Vancouver
A few snapshots from the final weekend here at the 2010 Winter Games. The Olympic Cauldron at the convention center in downtown Vancouver, early Saturday evening: The Olympic Rings on a barge just off...
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WikiLeaks exposed
No matter where you come down on the veracity, morality or impact of WikiLeaks’ mountainous Afghan “war diary,” its release has been a fascinating event. It prompted me to reread Raffi Khatchadourian’s...
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Love in the time of Terror Babies
“My parents, with admirable foresight, had their first child while they were on fellowships in the United States. My mother was in public health, and my father in a library-science program. Having an...
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WikiLeaks might make America safer
[Updates to this post, through Monday Dec. 13, follow below.] When the “Afghan war logs” became public earlier this year, I focused on WikiLeaks from the standpoint of its huge impact on the media. The...
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Hacking the Middle East
Simplistic pronouncements about the role of social media in stirring uprisings and toppling dictators have by now, thankfully, seemed to die down. That Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other digital...
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