Important Clips

In a varied career that has spanned decades and continents, here is a sampling of my best work from some of the world’s most important and prestigious media outlets.

On Politics

From The New Republic, an exclusive inside look at the 2016 presidential election recounts. (Jan. 2017)
From Washington Post, “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert ran for Congress. (March 2016)
From Tablet, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman prepared to step aside, and give his wife his job. (April 2011)
From Playboy, an essay on why the Libertarian movement is an American failure. (Jan. 2016)
From Al Jazeera America, a deep dive into how much it cost states to defend anti-marriage equality laws. (Sept. 2015)
From Bloomberg Politics, a profile of Vincent Harris, the GOP digital wunderkind. (Oct. 2014)
From The Daily Beast, a post-election analysis of how Harry Reid triumphed in 2010. (Nov. 2010)
From Columbia Journalism Review, why reporters should never report on internal polls.

Profiles

From POLITICO, of Sen. Dean Heller.
From Pacific Standard, of Elaine Wynn.
From NYT Styles, of Dominick Dunne
From NY Magazine, of Elaine Stritch
From Playboy, of election technology expert Alex Halderman.
From Bloomberg Politics, of America’s first openly LGBT elected official.

In-depth long-form/investigative work:

From Buzzfeed, how the NRA uses Big Data to fuel its power.
From The New Republic, the gripping tale told through newly found letters, of the American doctor who liberated Dachau.
From The Undark, a deep dive into the Flint water crisis in which — spoiler alert! — the author ends up lead-exposed.
From Al Jazeera America, the growing problem of convicts getting old and sick in prison.
From TakePart.com,the gruesome realities of sexual assault of men in the U.S. military.

On Business:

From BusinessWeek, Aramark’s problems with food service operations in Michigan prisons.
From The New York Times, an original Borders shut down, so they revamped Ann Arbor’s downtown.
From Newsweek, How the Great Recession pummeled Las Vegas.
From Al Jazeera America, what’s behind the growing trend toward dam removal in the U.S.
From Washington Post, how various brands exploited the Flint water crisis.
From Columbia Journalism Review, the struggle to diversify in the podcast world.

Among the highlights:

Breaking News/First to report…

The massive Bellagio blackout. (First to press/online for Boston Globe.)
A controversial $1 million deal to bring Monets to Vegas. (Newsweek)
Cirque du Soleil’s plans for a Beatles-themed show at the Mirage. (Reuters)
A Vegas icon, the Glass Pool Inn, is closing. (Boston Globe/Chicago Tribune)
First to tour the first American casino in Macau, China. (US News & World Report)
Only reporter invited to cover secretive gay convention in Hong Kong. (Various)

Probing profiles of…

Cirque du Soleil’s gay dancers, Patrick & Johan, for The Advocate.
Chinese basketball stars Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming for USA Today.
Former Ford Vice Chair Allan Gilmour, now openly gay for The Advocate.
Mob lawyer-turned-mayor Oscar Goodman for US News.
Nevada gubernatoral candidate and cancer battler Jan Jones for Mamm.

Meticulous investigative reports of…

The US Government’s demands for Social Security numbers of some 2000 Census respondents.
A corrupt Vegas teachers’ union leader found to have embezzled his previous union.
A top schools department head and a principal found to have falsified parts of their resumes in unrelated cases.

Personal writings that include…

An essay blasting right-wingers who oppose gays being Big Brothers, which led to my CNN appearance.
Opinion pieces on a so-called rave on the Great Wall of China and on the Beijing Olympic decision for papers across the nation.
A controversial account of life at the Sun-Sentinel on election night in Palm Beach County when the butterfly ballot emerged a culprit in the Gore-Bush fiasco.

Innovative travel stories…

My critique of the new $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas.
My Little Brother and I grade Las Vegas’ pools.
My Little Brother and his friend rank Vegas’ animal acts/attractions.
A Boston Globe piece on Reno’s attempted — and mixed — revival.
Major piece on Beijing and a live Q-and-A with readers.

Important business stories that examined…

Implications of Las Vegas gaming spreading to Asia.
Why senior citizens won’t leave inheritances as much anymore.
The growing popularity of plastic surgery in China.
The searing-hot housing market in Palm Beach County, using computer-assisted reporting to analyze and compare property assessments.
Whether marriage would be financially wise for gay couples.

Quirky takes on…

Saltwater swimming pools, Michael Jackson’s arrest, the father of Atari and more
A public school website with rampant mispellings, including “kunderfarden.”
A raging controversy surrounding illegally kept pork pets.
A for-credit course on world-control conspiracies.

International coverage, besides in China, of…

Extensive coverage of the Cambodian adoption crisis for USA Today.
A mislabeled AP photo of Middle East violence.
The plight of Serbian gays amid the wars in the Balkans.
The trial of El Salvadoran ex-leaders for the slaying of American nuns.
A Nova Scotia school e-mail project that went haywire.

High-tech matters such as…

The tech behind the Borg Invasion at the Las Vegas Hilton.
Extensive coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The Democrats’ accidental release of its entire e-mail mailing list.
Internet addiction in college.
A video game that offended minorities.
How a gay couple invented e-mail and a major component of the Internet.

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