My stories as a professional journalist, organized thematically. I promise the obnoxious ads are not my fault. Entries are arranged in no particular order.

File under: Magazine articles
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• Endangered species | http://bit.ly/1opIPQV
• And hast thou slain the gerrymander? | http://bit.ly/1pBChTk
• Justice is not swift | http://bit.ly/1qTAwjp

File under: I promise I don’t write the headlines

• http://bit.ly/1r5isTY

File under: Cataloging the miserable death of the North American Midwest

• http://bit.ly/1nlwa5d
• http://bit.ly/1mC58Cd
• http://bit.ly/1nSOJd0
• http://bit.ly/1A408k5
• http://bit.ly/1nzryKA

File under: Threat level red

• http://bit.ly/1sOgnzM

File under: What is actually destroying America

• http://bit.ly/1skqElC and part two at http://bit.ly/1nd3JVI
• http://bit.ly/1o8wdlL
• http://bit.ly/1txMXTR
• http://bit.ly/Urdp58
• http://bit.ly/1yZrK8l
• http://bit.ly/1kbajig
• http://bit.ly/1qz8D4L
• http://bit.ly/1pDcI2I

File under: I swear I am not making this up

• http://bit.ly/1jUq3pt
• http://bit.ly/1mCe4Yc

File under: Well aren’t YOU looking gubernatorial?

• http://bit.ly/1wYvK6k

File under: Blog posts they didn’t delete when I quit

• http://bit.ly/1sOgU4L

File under: The places in between

• http://bit.ly/1sOhO10

File under: Don’t write about dogs unless you want an inbox full of stupid, if well-meaning, missives

• http://bit.ly/1nSMR47

File under: Shadows and dust

• http://bit.ly/UrgToc