I was a full-time journalist for more than twenty-five years, covering a wide range of subjects and beats, filing stories from five of the seven continents. (Africa and Antartica, I'll get to you one day.) My last position was Washington bureau chief for Variety, 2005 - 2009. I still occasionally freelance now.
A sampling of articles in my specialty areas:
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Travel
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Exploring Samuel Beckett's Paris, Washington Post, January 7, 2022
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Want to ski on your summer vacation? Head to the Chilean Andes
Washington Post
March 15, 2016
Hamburgmania: Checking out Clubs the Beatles Played
Washington Post
May 11, 2003
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The Sea of Cortez with UnCruise Adventures
Everett Potter’s Travel Report
April 3, 2017
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Culture/Arts
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Spotlight on a Long-Upstaged War
Wall Street Journal
September 14, 2009
Reading Beneath the Lines: The Archimedes Palimpsest
Wall Street Journal
October 12, 2011
TV not to blame for violence, study says
Variety
October 19, 2007
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Hollywood pays respect to Valenti
Variety
May 1, 2007
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Washington Post
December 17, 1995
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Washingtonian
March 2009
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Politics
Daily Beast
January 18, 2009
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Busting heads and blaming Reds
Salon
January 11, 2000
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Aerospace
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Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine
March 2002
'Palace' Is No Quick Fix for Airports
Newsday
April 30, 2001
NASA budget problems alarm space-station collaborators
Nature
October 4, 2001
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Science/Technology
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'Identity crisis' racks depleted research arms of spy agencies
Nature
September 27, 2001
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The Search for Extraterrestrials
CQ Researcher
March 5, 2004
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Media Criticism
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Visitation Rites: The Media and Reports of Religious Phenomena
American Journalism Review
September 1993
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