Strength and Weakness on the Camino
A beautiful essay on grief, friendship, and very long walks, by a young Swiss pilgrim we met on the Camino in 2015.
“The Camino Provides”—A Reflection
The Camino doesn’t provide, as if by magic. It’s made out of people, and they are the ones doing the providing.
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
Dedicated to Anna Yegorova and my beloved авиатриссы, on the 70th anniversary of Russia’s Victory Day
Halcyon Days, Heartbreak Edition
The dangers inherent in unskilled renovation, unequal shovel fights, and falling in love with a piece of real estate
A Good Man’s View of Minimalist Pixie Dream Girl
“She has boobs. They are perfect. She has scars. They are perfect. She has wrinkles. They are perfect.”
What We Talk About When We Talk About “Rape Culture”
An Open Letter to the Good Guys: It’s in your power to punch holes in rape culture in ways we cannot.
Reading List: Books for Spies
Best Spy Books of 2014: An interview with Andy Brennan at Parnassus Books
What Went Wrong with Rolling Stone’s Journalistic Due Diligence?
Sometimes, in seeking to bend human experience into tidy, illustrative anecdotes, journalism fails in its mission to tell broader truths.
The Greenery 