With the Marchers

Letter from Tehran: A resident reports from the streets and the rooftops

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 29, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,667 words)

Why I write for free

There’s no meaningful relationship between whether a publication pays me and whether it’s worthwhile for me to write for them.’

Source: Emily Magazine
Published: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,612 words)

Scheme of Rivals

Egypt versus Iran.

Published: Jul 1, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,437 words)

Enough Already

What I’d really like to tell the bores in my life

Published: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 19 minutes (4,945 words)

Meet Orly Taitz, Queen Bee of People Obsessed With Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate

Birth of an Obsession – With her strong will, busy travel schedule and breathless blogging, Laguna Niguel dentist Orly Taitz has become the most controversial figure in the effort to prove that President Barack Obama is foreign-born

Source: OC Weekly
Published: Jun 18, 2009
Length: 17 minutes (4,265 words)

Why Mow? The Case Against Lawns

Source: Michael Pollan
Published: May 28, 1989
Length: 17 minutes (4,262 words)

Baby Talk

The fuss about parenthood.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 29, 2009
Length: 13 minutes (3,391 words)

The Myth of Prevention

A doctor explains why it doesn’t pay to stay well. Decoding what works, what falls short in Obama’s plans to reform health care

Published: Jun 20, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,488 words)

A Personal Touch in Taliban Fight

In the Afghan Mountains, a Company Commander Strives to Gain the Trust of Frustrated Villagers

Author: Greg Jaffe
Source: Washington Post
Published: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,444 words)

Theocracy and its Discontents

Source: Newsweek
Published: Jun 20, 2009
Length: 7 minutes (1,829 words)