My Recent Washington Post Stories
For CIA Family, a Deadly Suicide Bombing Leads to Painful Divisions 01.29.11
In Bethesda, It’s Spies Versus Neighbors 12.25.11
Family of Legendary CIA Spymaster is Divided over Film 11.20.11
The Woman Who (Supposedly) Brought Bank of America to its Knees 11.6.11
A CIA Dad’s Letter to His Three-Year-Old Son 11.1.11
The Spymaster’s Memorial Service 10.16.11
The Secret History of Evermay 10.15.11
Secret Posse of Intel Analysts Gets Overdue Token of Appreciation 09.16.11
An HIV/AIDS Caseworker and Her Own Bout with the Disease 09.09.11
A Maverick’s Life Ends in a Tranquil Place 08. 12.11
An Assassinated Afghan Mayor’s Family Mourns in Northern Virginia 08.01.11
Christine Lagarde stirs wistful memories for Holton-Arms Class of 1974 07.29.11
Dulles Limo Drivers Who Illegally Solicit Fares Face Undercover Crackdown 07.10.11
Decades After Duty, Two OSS and CIA Spy Women Come Out from the Cold 06.26.11
A News Site that Ditched Its Web Site and Dumped Everything on Facebook 06.26.11
The Hunt for Osama bin Laden 05.06.11
The Best Pitchman for the Small Guys? AT&T 04.21.11
The iPhone Jailbreaking Wars 04.07.11
The Man Behind AT&T’s Lobbying Machine 03.23.11
Coming Soon to a Computer Near You: .xxx 03.18.11
The U.S.’s Subtle Techno-Aid to Dissidents 03.09.11
Who Runs the Web? A tiny non-profit vs. the Obama Administration 03.01.11
.Controversy anyone? 02.07.11
Anonymous Movement Views Web Hijinks as Public Good, but Legality is Opaque 01.26.11
A Threat to Monster: www.Jobs.jobs 01.21.11
A Man and his Jesus Sign versus his Homeowners Association 12.29.10
Longterm Welfare Recipients in Washington Prep for the Worst 12.20.10
Members of “Anonymous” Reveal the Roots of their WikiLeaks Advocacy 12.12.10
Back-story Behind the Facebook Story: An Essay on the Roots of a Viral Story 12.09.10
A Facebook Story: A Mother Tells the Joys and Sorrow of her Pregnancy Through Status Updates 12.09.10
An Intimate Look at DC’s New IHOP and Field of Job Applicants 11.21.10
Infertile Couples Have Trouble “Friending” Pregnant Facebook Friends 10.25.10
Motorized Scooters and Oxygen Tanks: Maryland’s First Casino 09.30.10
Rifle? Check. Ability to Schmooze? Check . 09.21.10
The Washington Times Struggles Amid Divisions of Family, Ideology, Finances 09.06.10
The Death of Phone Calls 08.08.10
Seafood with a Side of Dread: The Fishing Industry’s Worries about Oil in the Atlantic 07.10.10
Was a Washington Times Reporter Dismissed for Speaking Out? 06.03.10
Admitting to My Internet Addiction 05.28.10
Should BP Gas Station Customers Feel Guilty? 05.26
Maryland Breeders Waiting on Slot Machines 05.15.10
Sunset on the Moon Empire: The Washington Times is up for Sale 05.01.10
After Pulitzer win in southwest Virginia, the Saga Continues 04.19.10
Millennials: Working Hard or Hardly Working 04.03.10
Millennials: Creeping Toward Adulthood 03.28.10
Who’s Tougher? Younger Doctors or Gen X-ers/Boomers? 03.18.10
The Brother of the Pentagon Shooter Speaks Out 03.07.10
They Keep Chugging Along, Despite Making No Money 02.21.10
Bond, James Bond. Or, Just Dad. 02.03.10
The One Who Got Away: Roger Lathbury’s Missed Chance at Publishing Salinger 01.29.10
Adam Conner, Facebook’s professor of Facebooking to Washington politicos 12.29.09
Before the Fame: The Salahi Family 12.22.09
A Look at the Church of Moon Inc. 11.23.09
Young, Wealthy, and Ambivalent 11.20.09
Swine Flu Shrugging at a George Washington University Frat 11.04.09
Social Networking Refuseniks 10.14.09
Gold-Plated Academia: Inside Trump University 09.26.09
Fending off Stereotypes: Christian College students at Regent University 09.20.09
Hyperlocal Falling Hyperfast: the Media’s Exurban Struggles 09.20.09
Two Widows, Two Opinions about Mercy for the Lockerbie Bomber 08.21.09
The Tale of The Wax Statue 08.20.09
“J’s Mom”: A Profile of a Teen Mom Inside a Manassas Shelter 08.12.09
Me vs. Gawker: a Journalism Battle Royale 08.02.09
Cashing in on Generational Angst 07.09.09
A Lawyer with a Thing for Sex – and Werewolves 06.28.09
Young Obama Wannabes 04.08.09
Inner City AP Students Grapple with Toni Morrison 01.21.09
Living with Mom and Dad, and Building Soccer Fields in Guatemala 10.14.08
WP Mag Cover story: One Student’s Gap Year 08.05.07
Death and Whispers: a Profile of the Va Tech killer 04.18.07
For more stories on young people, please see the occasional Young and Ambitious series