published articles

Vanity Fair: To Be a Gay Cadet at West Point These Days Jun 30, 2015. I didn't go to West Point for a story, it was just to research my book. What I found . . . I had to write a story, and Vanity Fair was eager to publish it.

New Republic: The Injustice Collectors Aug 31, 2015

New York Times: The Barbie Way of Knowledge Jun 15, 2002. My first piece for the Times.  Such an unexpected joy. I thought I was sent there to make fun of the collector nerds. I fell in love with them.

Slate: The Depressive and the Psychopath Apr 20, 2004. Five years after Columbine, I finally had a good bead on Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and was finally able to publish the results of my lengthy interviews with FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dwayne Fuselier.

Newsweek: What Does A Killer Think? July 30, 2012. There is no profile of the mass killer. But to my surprise, it turns out there are three profiles, which fit the vast majority. I lay out each one.

New Republic: The Injustice Collectors Aug 31, 2015. I have been fascinated by this phenomenon, which fits some of the most vicious, callous killers.

New Republic: Guantanamo Bay: The 9/11 Trial Has Gone Completely Off the Rails Apr 17, 2014. I spent a week in Guantanamo researching my gay soldiers book, and reporting for New Republic on the military working its way toward (though actually further a way from) the military trial of five men accused of plotting 9/11. I published these two stories.

New Republic: Guantanamo Bay: The Tragicomedy of the 9/11 Trial Apr 15, 2014.