Running Like Hell From Dengue
So very many things scare me. Recently a colleague reached out to share the story she wrote about contracting dengue, or "breakbone," fever. (Jodi Ettenberg, of the superlative Legal Nomads.) Dengue gets its gruesome nickname from [...]
The Stories We Can’t Tell
The other night I had beers with our small foreign correspondents’ club here in Ann Arbor. It’s a who’s-who of writers guaranteed to make anyone in this business sit up straight. Former media leads [...]
The 10 Worst Countries To Be A Journalist
Being a journalist is getting harder. The financial pressures that come with reporting for a living are well-documented; too many editors and publications in this industry have embraced the model of “love it enough to do for free.” [...]
How To Get Arrested in Athens
Or, The Day Bangkok Nearly Ruined My Honeymoon. If I had a list of rules for travelers, right up near the top I would write "Don’t Get Cynical." Cynicism is the cheapest form of wisdom. Then, just [...]
Rules for Flying
Yesterday I wrote an open letter to the passenger in front of me on my flight back from Lima. I'll give her credit, in the quest to make physics her bitch she wasn't a quitter. No matter how [...]
The Cities I Miss Most
Writing for a living means spending a lot of time in the lives of other people. If you can't talk to someone for a half hour and come away with a meaningful sense of who they are and [...]