Has an abnormally large stomach. He is associate editor at Change.org and helps The Morning News as an assistant editor.
Between volcano volatility and Bangkok burning, tourists have had a hell of ride this year. So I surveyed Tourist Turbulence to see what we’ve got to look forward to this summer. Among the discoveries: How photographing butterflies in Peru can lead to a lynching; and how much genocide tourism adds to Rwanda’s economy each year.
Surveyed and scrutinized overconfidence — from asphalt burns to a manual for the end of civilization — at The Morning News.
Photo: Timothy Gordon
Conducted a survey of various Water Fights. From the Gaza Strip’s surf club to Avatar II via an Italian mountain-climber on a one-man crusade to provide water to Afghanistan.
New desk at The Morning News: SURVEYS. For the first installment I surveyed trends in corruption, linking Socrates, Berlusconi, Jersey Shore and FarmVille.
Photo credit: Rudy Ruano
Surveyed ill heads of state in ‘Dead of State.’ Disneyland North Korea, Guinea’s Glenn Beck, and mayonnaise jars have cameos.
Penned two Letters from Copenhagen. One about hygge: Smiling Happily in the Evening of Life; another about the climate change conference, protests, and bike battalion: Police and Thieves.
Photo credit: Richard Gould
POP! Found much tension ‘Chasing the Third World Farmland Bubble.’
Photo credit: SuperL
Changed my name and learnt about oak trees in ‘By Any Other Name.’
Photo credit: Munstisue
Spent a week following the regimen of General Stanley McChrystal, the US Army commander in Afghanistan, who survives on one meal a day. Got very hungry. ‘Breakfast, Lunch, and Winners.’
