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The arrival of the mobile application store is about to change the way you use your phone, and the industry that makes it.
Portfolio.com, April 20, 2009
Legendary folklorist Alan Dundes took jokes to another level
California, March/April, 2009
The Animal that Taught Me Things and Changed Lives
McSweeney’s.net, April 1, 2009
A New Kind of Economic Stimulus
Prying open government data coffers will do more than increase transparency. It will be a boon for business.
Portfolio.com, February 17, 2009
A peaceful video game’s virtual reality
Mother Jones, September/October 2006
O say, ma, been laden forever!
Working with your phone company, skilled NSA operatives are rounding up evil terrorists who speak Islamofascist jive.
Salon, May 12, 2006
The Homeland Security To-Do List
Start by fixing the “rainbow of doom.”
The Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2005
(with Martha Baer and Katrina Heron)
The Maginot Line Metaphor
Seed, Fall 2004
(Reprinted in French: Une ligne Maginot imaginaire, Courrier International, May 4 2005)
A few very smart people came up with some very smart ways to curb our energy needs. You can even try them at home.
OnEarth, Spring 2004
How do you teach conservative Republicans to talk about the environment? Political consultant Frank Luntz has the answer.
OnEarth, Summer 2003





