Op-ed: Fighting To Say No to Chemo
Written for Los Angeles Times
Related Audio: My first NPR essay, from 2000, a tribute to violinist Mitchell Stern.
Being Umberto Eco-conscious About the War
Written for San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Susan Cheever, Meet Bill Wilson
Written for the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Shedding Old World Baggage For Some New
Written for the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Respect: On Rodney Dangerfield
Written for the New Republic
Show Stopper: The Impending Demise of Conan O'Brien
Written for the New Republic
Jimmy One-Note
Written for the New Republic
Cult of Personality
Written for the New Republic
Online Music Essays
Written for the New Republic
The Film Director As DJ
Written for Slate
The Sept. 11 Symphony
Written for Slate Magazine
The Sounds of War
Written for Slate
Wolfgang Amadeus Copycat
Written for Slate
Hard Heads in Calabria
Written for the New York Sun
Strad Men
Written for the New York Sun
Dishing the Divas
Written for Newsday
ACLU Does it for the Thrill of Privacy [humor]
Written for The Huffington Post
