I am a journalist who specializes in features and profiles. I write about the American right, ideologues, intellectuals, extremist movements, the culture wars, true crime, and strange events and strange places.
At The Guardian US, where I'm a staff feature writer, I also serve as deputy US opinion editor. I assign and edit op-eds. I also contribute occasional essays and reviews to the Washington Examiner, NY Magazine, and other publications.
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 shadowed American volunteers on their way to Ukraine. I've profiled Dave Ramsey, Ann Coulter, and Mark Lilla, among others.
Prior to pursuing journalism full-time I worked for several years in the public relations industry. 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.
At The Guardian US, where I'm a staff feature writer, I also serve as deputy US opinion editor. I assign and edit op-eds. I also contribute occasional essays and reviews to the Washington Examiner, NY Magazine, and other publications.
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 shadowed American volunteers on their way to Ukraine. I've profiled Dave Ramsey, Ann Coulter, and Mark Lilla, among others.
Prior to pursuing journalism full-time I worked for several years in the public relations industry. 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.
