Selected writings

• "Why Nancy is Tougher than Rahm," -- Guardian online, March 2010
  
• What Happens When Your Country Drowns?" -- Mother Jones, Nov/Dec 2009
• "The Price of Health Care Reform: Abortion Rights?" -- Mother Jones online, November 2009
  
• "Prisoner 345" -- Columbia Journalism Review cover story, July/August 2007
  
• "Rudy Awakening" -- Washington Monthly cover story, November 2007
• "Crusaders in Wingtips" -- Legal Affairs, March 2006
• "Apps Lit" -- Novels about college admissions; Washington Monthly, September 2006
• "In Defence of Dull Politics" -- Guardian online, November 2008
• "Why can't Obama be as smart on the economy as he is on the law?" -- Guardian online, January 2009
• "Dog's Truth" -- Review of Trial of the Cannibal Dog, New Zealand Listener, March 2008
• "The lost America" -- Review of Gilead: New Zealand Listener, July 2005
• "The Crusader" -- Profile of Jeffrey Sachs: New Zealand Listener, July 2005

Prisoner 345
What happened to Al Jazeera's Sami Al Haj

A cover story about Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al Haj, who was detained for six years at Guantanamo Bay.

I discussed the story with NPR's On The Media here.

Selected photographs

Erosion -- a photo essay

The Clifton motor camp on the East Coast of New Zealand has been here for more than 50 years. It is an example of a distinctly New Zealand type of camping ground that is increasingly rare, as more and more coastal land is converted into wealthy subdivisions and expensive homes. The land is now being aggressively reclaimed by the sea. Residents have tried to halt the erosion with a retaining wall composed of construction debris, but the entire camping ground will be lost by 2060.