Over the past three decades I have published hundreds of articles in scores of magazines and newspapers. On this page find a selection of recent pieces, mostly from The Nation and L.A. Weekly.
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"Aces and Addicts"
Excerpt from The Last Honest Place in America:
Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas
L.A. Weekly 03/25/04
"Remembering Marshall Frady"
Obituary for my mentor
The Nation 03/11/04
"Marrying Kerry"
Did the Democrats choose the wrong anybody?
Column L.A. Weekly 03/05/04
"Unintended Consequences"
Feature report from the U.S.-Mexican border
L.A. Weekly 12/05/03
"Uncensored Gore"
Interview with Gore Vidal
L.A. Weekly 11/14/03
"Jonestown for Democrats"
Column on the demise of Gray Davis
L.A. Weekly 10/10/03
"Remembering Allende"
Thirty years later
09/11/2003
"The Other Cancun"
Behind the glitz of globalization
The Nation 09/22/03
"Peace Movement In The Tar Pit"
Ignoring the Iraqi people
L.A. Weekly 03/07/2003
"Lula’s Moment"
Profile of the new Brazilian President
The Nation 03/10/03
"Battling the Armies of the Right"
Column on Norman Mailer
L.A. Weekly 02/28/03
"Their Peace Movement - And Theirs"
Pushing aside the Stalinists
L.A. Weekly 12/13/02
"A Year Later: Only Fear and Loathing Remain"
On the first anniversary of 9/11
L.A. Weekly 09/13/02
"Letter from a Santiago Courtroom"
Testifying against Kissinger
The Nation 06/03/02
"From Protest To Politics"
Report from Porto Alegre’s second World Social Forum
The Nation 03/11/02
"Fifth Lady Down"
Feature report on the death of Old Vegas
L.A. Weekly 11/30/2001
"The End of Pinochet"
Chilean dictator nears trial
The Nation 02/08/01
"The Two Worlds of Los Angeles"
Rich and Poor in the Big Nowhere
The Nation 08/10/2000
"Battle in Seattle"
Ground war at the WTO
The Nation 12/02/99
"Hooked"
Forty years of my fishing the Santa Monica pier
L.A. Weekly 07/30/99
"My Lost Weekend with Newt, Arianna, Matt and the Gang"
A weekend with the conservative armies
The Nation 02/01/99
"The Death of Liberal Outrage"
Democrats go into the tank for Slick Willy
Wall Street Journal 12/23/98
"The Heartland’s Raw Deal"
Creating a new midwest immigrant underclass
The Nation 02/03/97