I am a journalist and occasional writer of essays, criticism, and opinion. I write about ideologues, extremist movements, intellectuals and ideas, the culture wars, true crime, and strange places and strange people.
I’ve written about a Texan vigilante trying to solve his daughter’s murder; conspiracy theorists who attack cops; an American missionary killed trying to convert an isolated island tribe; the Attica prison riot; an environmentalist who burned himself to death to protest climate change; and the Jonestown commune. I’ve also “stormed” Area 51 and profiled Dave Ramsey, Ann Coulter and Mark Lilla.
By day I am an editor on the US opinions desk of The Guardian, where I've also worked as a features editor.
I studied political science, history, and literature at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and spent time as a visiting student at Sciences Po Paris. I also hold a master's in journalism from NYU.
Prior to pursuing journalism and writing full-time I worked for several years in the public relations industry, where I represented clients in the technology, finance, and media sectors. Before securing a tenuous foothold in bourgeois respectability, I worked as a night watchman, janitor, telemarketer, drugstore cashier, fry cook, bar-back, golf caddy, and as the paid test subject of psychological experiments. The researchers were just as baffled as I am.
In my scant spare time I enjoy reading, film, travel, and the outdoors.
I’ve written about a Texan vigilante trying to solve his daughter’s murder; conspiracy theorists who attack cops; an American missionary killed trying to convert an isolated island tribe; the Attica prison riot; an environmentalist who burned himself to death to protest climate change; and the Jonestown commune. I’ve also “stormed” Area 51 and profiled Dave Ramsey, Ann Coulter and Mark Lilla.
By day I am an editor on the US opinions desk of The Guardian, where I've also worked as a features editor.
I studied political science, history, and literature at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and spent time as a visiting student at Sciences Po Paris. I also hold a master's in journalism from NYU.
Prior to pursuing journalism and writing full-time I worked for several years in the public relations industry, where I represented clients in the technology, finance, and media sectors. Before securing a tenuous foothold in bourgeois respectability, I worked as a night watchman, janitor, telemarketer, drugstore cashier, fry cook, bar-back, golf caddy, and as the paid test subject of psychological experiments. The researchers were just as baffled as I am.
In my scant spare time I enjoy reading, film, travel, and the outdoors.
