Travel memoir and political argument aren't as different as they seem. Both start with arrival in a place or a situation — and ask what the map got wrong.
Essay
My Peloton Doesn't Lie
The leaderboard doesn't know age. Neither does the body — if you refuse to follow the script.
Essay
Ageism Kills
Not slowly, not metaphorically. It shortens lives and we've decided that's acceptable.
Social Security: A National Disgrace
Co-authored with Betsy Blondin, HuffPost, September 2016.
On the politics of cutting benefits while 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day.
Essay
The Senate Is Not a Democracy
Two senators represent 40 million Californians. Two represent 580,000 in Wyoming. This was a design choice.
Dispatches
Michigan
Not in America (Flint)
Written in 2010. Four years later, the state poisoned the water.
On the Horizon
Pitched
Assignment America
An Internet that no longer exists. Submitted for publication.
Pitched
Death of DEI
Diversity programs are collapsing. What dies with them — and what deserves to — are not the same thing. Submitted.
In Development
Radical Prescription
A book-length argument that the American medical-industrial complex isn't failing — it's working exactly as designed.
Writing
The Game of Holy Whispers — The Humanist, June 2026
The Walk Has No Patent — Material Witness, July 2026
The Model That Journalism Built — Material Witness, July 2026
Portugal Decriminalized Drugs, But... — Material Witness, July 2026