I often write for The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Wired and other publications.

Here are links to some of my past articles:

• "When Did Optimism Become Uncool?" New York Times, May 12, 2016

• "Let’s Modernize Our Environmental Laws" New York Times, October 7, 2015

• "Kim Davis Needs to Read the Bible Again" New Yorker, September 13, 2015

• "Our Navy Is Big Enough" New York Times, March 9, 2015

• "What Happens When We All Live to 100?" The Atlantic Monthly, October 2014

• "Tilting at Windmills" Washington Monthly, September-October 2014

• "Out of Control" New York Times, March 17, 2014

• "How the N.F.L. Fleeces Taxpayers" The Atlantic Monthly, October 2013

• "Star Power" The Atlantic Monthly, January-February 2012

• "The Sky is Falling" The Atlantic Monthly, June 2008.

• "Hot Prospects" The Atlantic Monthly, April 2007

• "Finally Feeling the Heat" New York Times, May 24, 2006

• "Case Closed: The Global Warming Debate Is Over" Brookings Institution paper, May 2006

• "Who Needs Harvard?" The Atlantic Monthly, October 2004

• "The End of War?" New Republic, May 30, 2005

• "Debunking Doomsday" Wired, July 2003

• "The Real Truth About Money" Time magazine, January 17, 2005

• "There Goes the Neighborhood" New York Times Book Review, January 30, 2005

• "Long Shot" The Atlantic Monthly, May 2003