The New York Times
November 26, 1995: Magazine feature on the Atlanta Olympic torch relay
January 28, 1996: Magazine feature on Atlanta’s search for an Olympic song
April 7, 1996: Magazine factoid list on roller coasters
July 21, 1996: Magazine Q&A with New York Yankee’s official scorer
October 6, 1996: Magazine Q&A with female pro baseball player Laura Espinoza-Watson
November 18, 1996: Magazine feature about a night on campus at FSU, Party School of the Year
February 16, 1997: Magazine profile of people trying out to be professional wrestlers
July 20, 1997: Magazine Q&A with Bible-themed amusement park developer
July 27, 1997: Magazine feature on the opening of a leech museum in South Carolina
August 3, 1997: Magazine factoid list on annual Mathfest
September 8, 1997: Magazine Q&A with the Rev. Jim Bakker
November 2, 1997: Magazine Q&A with Venus Envy author
January 18, 1998: Magazine feature on Bible class in Florida public schools
April 26, 1998: Magazine factoid list on baseball brawls
May 2, 1999: Book review of Charles Bukowski, by Howard Sounces
August 15, 1999: Book review of Hunting Down Amanda, by Andrew Klavan
September 5, 1999: Book review of I Love Fast Car,s by Craig McDean
September 5, 1999: Arts and Leisure feature on the world’s longest-running radio drama
October 3, 1999: Book review of Rockne of Notre Dam,e by Ray Robinson
November 21, 1999: Book review of It Ain’t No Sin to be Glad You’re Alive, by Eric Alterman
July 2, 2000: Book review of Tales from the Dodger Dugout, by Carl Erskine
July 16, 2000: Week in Review feature on amateur online book critics
April 9, 2000: Book review of Mrs. Million, by Pete Hautman
August 27, 2000: Book review of Hot Springs, by Stephen Hunter
January 21, 2001: Book review of Drowning in Hot Water, by Patrick T. Murphy
February 11, 2001: Book review of Hollywood vs. Hard Core, by Jon Lewis
March 11, 2001: Week in Review feature on mistakes in closed captioning
June 24, 2001: Book review of Warriors of God, by James Reston Jr.
August 19, 2001: Week in Review feature on Major Leaguers with only one home run
March 24, 2002: Week in Review feature on the life of sports mascots
March 24, 2002: Book review of Gold in the Water, by P. H. Mullen
April 28, 2002: Arts and Leisure feature on the Weather Channel’s “Storm Stories”
July 7, 2002: Book review of At Sea in the City, by William Kornblum
August 11, 2002: Week in Review feature on solo no votes in Congress
September 8, 2002: Book review of So Others Might Live, by Terry Golway
September 29, 2002: Week in Review feature on college football fight songs
November 17, 2002: Book review of Cape May Courthouse, by Lawrence Schiller
February 16, 2003: Arts and Leisure profile of NASCAR radio announcer Eli Gold
March 2, 2003: Book review of Hold the Enlightenment, by Tim Cahill
March 16, 2003: Book review of The Frozen-Water Trade, by Gavin Weightman
March 30, 2003: Book review of Death on the Black Sea, by Douglas Frantz
and Catherine Collins
August 10, 2003: Week in Review feature on international constitutions
November 2, 2003: Book review of Edison and the Electric Chair, by Mark Essig
December 21, 2003: Book review of Heart Full of Lies, by Ann Rule
January 4, 2004: Book review of Mr. Apology, by Alec Wilkinson
February 1, 2004: Book review of Rothstein, by David Pietrusza
February 8, 2004: Travel feature on the historic all black towns of Oklahoma
Playboy magazine
January 2000: Feature on the history of little people in Hollywood films
February 2000: Q&A with the Rev. Jesse Jackson
May 2000: Review of Joyce Carol Oates’ Blonde
October 2000: Feature on the lack of funding for indigent death penalty cases
April 2001: Feature on sex manuals
October 2001: Feature on international public executions
April 2002: Feature on state run death row web sites
June 2002: Feature on off-road skateboarding
June 2003: Feature on sex and world religions
April 2004: Feature on who could be the first non-white-male U.S. President
August 2005: Feature on the history of conjugal visitation in the American penal system
August 2006: Q&A with Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka
The Chicago Tribune
August 11, 1998: Op Ed on racism in Chicago
October 25, 1998: Op Ed on social issues playing out on the 151 bus route
July 5, 1999: Feature on the secret lives of rock club sound men
March 31, 2000: Feature on musicians who act in films
March 11, 2001: Perspective page interview with Bill Kovach
June 22, 2001: Feature on songwriters who write fiction
July 15, 2001: Q&A with author of Reel Knockouts
September 30, 2001: Q&A with Global warming expert Bob Reiss
November 18, 2001: Q&A with author of Language and the Internet
February 17, 2002: Q&A with Ralph Nader
July 14, 2002: Feature on the stories behind band names
September 8, 2002: Q&A with daredevil Philippe Petit
November 5, 2002: Q&A with Bare author Elisabeth Eaves
November 17, 2002: Feature profiling Chicago’s best indie music labels
January 12, 2003: Critique of the Rolling Stones’ solo records
May 25, 2003: Feature on actors who have played God in the movies
June 29, 2003: Feature on strange national anthems
August 3, 2003: Feature on Jesse Jackson Jr.’s proposed Constitutional amendments
October 12, 2003: Q&A with author of How To Play Air Guitar
December 21, 2003: Feature on films about amnesia
April 14, 2004: Feature on foods made specifically for the slotted toaster
May 30, 2004: Feature on the films of Tom Waits
September 19, 2004: Feature on films that prominently feature the telephone in their plot
January 13, 2006: Op Ed on moving Christmas to MLK Day
July 14, 2010: Op Ed about getting mugged on the Mag Mile
October 10, 2010: Op Ed on anti-spitting ordinances
December 30, 2010: Op Ed on inadvertent spitting
January 12, 2012: Op Ed on advertising on PBS
January 26, 2012: Op Ed about selling the naming rights to my first born son
March 29, 2012: Op Ed on the extreme variability in consumer prices
July 19, 2012: Op Ed on Chicago bicycle law enforcement
January 9, 2013: Op Ed examining EPA fuel estimates
January 30, 2013: Op Ed on Boy Scouts' policy on homosexuality
August 21, 2013: Op Ed on the lack of public toilets in Chicago
December 29, 2013: Op Ed on buying health insurance on the new exchanges
The Village Voice
August 11, 1990: First person feature about swimming around Manhattan
August 13, 1991: First person feature about golfing on Governor’s Island
January 7, 1992: Profile of female drag racer Danielle DePorter
October 13, 1992: Profile of female pro hockey player Manon Rheaume
November 10, 1992: Feature on Manhattan driving range
January 26, 1993: Feature on national coon hound championships
August 13, 1993: Profile of female billiards champ Jeanette Lee
January 4, 1994: Profile of “Amazing Games” TV program
June 7, 1994: First-person feature on the impact of David Lynch’s Eraserhead
August 16, 1994: Feature on the uniform numbers of the New York Yankees
December 6, 1994: Feature on hunting radioactive deer in Oak Ridge Tennessee (written with Rodger Brown)
February 7, 1995: In-person coverage of Super Bowl
April 8, 1995: Profile of elite older athletes
December 12, 1995: Q&A with Dark Carnival author David Skal
June, 1996: Voice Literary Supplement review of Working Stiffs
May 20. 1997: Interview with Spike Lee, author of Best Seat in the House
July 22, 1997: Feature on the films of Fred Thompson
July 29, 1997: Feature on New York baseball players acting in films
August 19, 1997: Profile of New York Yankees’ official scorer Red Foley
September 23 1997: Profile on the athletic talents of the ESPN anchors
October 7, 1997: Feature and review of When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport
October 21, 1997: Feature on the Women’s World Bass Fishing Championships
January 13, 1998: Feature on ultra-marathon runners
March 3, 1998: Feature on national quadriplegic deer hunting championships
February 16, 1999: Review and feature on book about great black jockeys
July 21, 1998: Book review of Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox
July 28, 1998: Feature on sex tapes for dummies
August 3, 1999: First-person feature on shagging fly balls behind Wrigley Field
November 16, 1999: First-person feature about flying around Giants stadium in an aerial advertiser
March 7, 2000: Interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, author of A Season on the Reservation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 3, 1991: People in the Arts profile of “Live at WREK” host Joe Whitaker
November 29, 1991: Profile of infamous rock club/strip club The Clermont Lounge
December 8, 1991: People in the Arts profile on critic James Taylor
January 19, 1992: People in the Arts profile of photographer Phillip Mosier
March 22, 1992: People in the Arts profile of radio DJ Don Kennedy
April 26, 1992: Profile on the arts careers of the children of folk artist Howard Finster
May 3, 1992: People in the Arts profile of musician Herb Avery
May 10, 1992: Review and feature on the film, "To Render a Life: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and the Documentary Vision"
June 28, 1992: True South essay on summer bugs
August 23, 1992: People in the Arts profile of T-shirt artist George Davidson
December 27, 1992: “Bands' funky art is in the right place,” arts feature on band flier art
October 30, 1994: “Roots Radio,” feature on Atlanta radio shows devoted to local acts
February 26, 1995: True South essay, “Georgia's only ski slope whips Atlanta first-timer"
June 16, 1996: Book review of, STEALING HOME: An Intimate Family Portrait
by the Daughter of Jackie Robinson, by Sharon Robinson
August 11, 1996: Book review of KINSKI UNCUT: The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski, by Klaus Kinski
October 6, 1996: Book review of JAMES STEWART: A Biography, by Donald Dewey
October 27, 1996: Book review of MAD AS HELL: How Sports Got Away From the Fans
---and How We Get It Back, by Mike Lupica
December 8, 1996: Book review of KNOWING HEPBURN AND OTHER CURIOUS EXPERIENCES, by James Prideaux
December 15, 1996: Book review of THE LIFE OF NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, by Cary Reich
January 26, 1997: Book review of DUCHAMP: A BIOGRAPHY, by Calvin Tomkins
February 9, 1997: Op Ed, “You Are not Tiger Woods"
March 16, 1997: Book review of MONSTER: Living off the Big Screen, by John Gregory Dunne
March 30, 1997: Book review of CARY GRANT: A Class Apart, by Graham McCann
June 1, 1997, Book review of CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND HIS TIMES, by Kenneth S. Lynn
June 8 1997: Book review of Best Seat in the House, by Spike Lee with Ralph Wiley
July 6, 1997: Book reviews of BOGART, by A.M. Sperber and Eric Lax, and BOGART: A Life in Hollywood, by Jeffrey Meyers
September 28, 1997: Book review of Jackie Robinson: A Biography, by Arnold Rampersad
November 9, 1997: Feature story, “Turn a phrase, turn a profit: You can make a killing on a cleverly crafted slogan"
April 20, 1998: Op Ed, “Coffee servers' perks are undeserved"
May 25, 1998: Op Ed, “Take Me Out to the Web Site"
June 14, 1998: Book review of Gary Cooper: An American Hero, by Jeffrey Meyers
October 25, 1998: Book review of Edison: A Life of Invention, by Paul Israel
December 6, 1998: Book review of Cole Porter: A Biography, by William McBrien
January 31, 1999: Book review of Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made, by David Halberstam
April 25, 1999: Book review of Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself, by Jerome Loving
June 13, 1999: Book review of Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame, by Benita Eisler
July 11, 1999: Book review of Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell, by John D. Fair
October 17, 1999: Book review of The Lighthouse Stevensons, by Bella Bathurst
December 5, 1999: Book review of John Glenn: A Memoir, by John Glenn with Nick Taylor
February 6, 2000: Book review of The Cap: The Price of a Life, by Roman Frister
March 5, 2000: Book review of Rudyard Kipling: A Life, by Harry Ricketts
May 21, 2000: Book review of In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, by Nathaniel Philbrick
June 4, 2000: Book review of The Snakebite Survivors' Club, by Jeremy Seal
July 9, 2000: Book review of Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America With Einstein's Brain, by Michael Paterniti
September 10, 2000: Book review of Robert Kennedy: His Life, by Evan Thomas
November 5, 2000: Book review of Ghost Light, by Frank Rich
December 10, 2000: Book review of Angelhead: My Brother's Descent Into Madness, by Greg Bottoms
January 14, 2001: Book review of An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood, by Jimmy Carter
February 18, 2001: Book review of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, by Gary Giddins
March 25, 2001: Book review of Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century, by John A. Farrell
May 13, 2001: Book review of John Adams, by David McCullough
July 15, 2001: Book review of Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble, by Stefan Fatsis
September 9, 2001: Book review of The Concise Book of Lying, by Evelin Sullivan
November 4, 2001: Book review of Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth and Hunger for a Faith, by Studs Terkel
January 13, 2002: Book review of Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President, by Ralph Nader
March 31, 2002: Book review of Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure Into the Heart of a Gambling Country, by Andy Bellin
June 2, 2002: Book review of Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim, by Anton Gill
June 9, 2002: Book review of The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture, by Bakari Kitwana
August 10, 2002: Feature story on the largest crosses in the USA
October 6, 2002: Book review of Emma's War, by Deborah Scroggins
December 8, 2002: Book review of Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, by Margaret MacMillan
February 23, 2003: Book review of The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
March 16, 2003: Book review of Fraud of the Century, by Roy Morris Jr.
April 20, 2003: Book review Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip: Movies, Memory, and World War II, by Richard Schickel
December 7, 2003: Book review of The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club, by C. David Heymann
January 4, 2004: Book review of City Room, by Arthur Gelb
January 18, 2004: Book review of Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal, by David France
January 25, 2004: Book review of Natalie Wood: A Life, by Gavin Lambert
May 9, 2004: Book review of Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America, by Steve Almond
June 6, 2004: Book review of This Man's Army: A Soldier's Story From the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism, by Andrew Exum
June 27, 2004: Book review of Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Discovered Hitler's Lost Sub, by Robert Kurson
July 25, 2004: Book review of Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross, by Craig Seymour
October 31, 2004: Book review of Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA, by Tim Junkin
November 7, 2004: Book review of Fried Chicken: An American Story, by John T. Edge
November 21, 2004: Book review of The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend, by Steve Turner
December 12, 2004:Book review of The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf, by Mark Frost
May 22, 2005: Book review of 1776, by David McCullough
May 29, 2005: Book review The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, by Douglas Brinkley
June 12, 2005: Book review of The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan, by Steven Gaines
July 31, 2005: Book review of Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima, by Stephen Walker
September 11, 2005: Book review of The Tender Bar, by J.R. Moehringer
September 18, 2005: Book review of Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground, by Robert D. Kaplan
November 20, 2005: Book review of A People's History of the Civil War, By David Williams
March 5, 2006: Book review of Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship, by Dave Kindred
March 19, 2006: Book review of In Search of Willie Morris, by Larry L. King
April 30, 2006: Book review of A Death in Belmont, by Sebastian Junger
May 14, 2006: Book review of An Ordinary Man, by Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner
October 22, 2006: Book review of Thunderstruck, by Erik Larson
January 14, 2007: Book review of From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad, by Jacqueline L. Tobin with Hettie Jones
January 28, 2007: Book review of Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics, by Jeremy Schaap
May 6, 2007: Book review of Tales From Q School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major, by John Feinstein