I started working on this article during my last month at Mother Jones. Although it took longer than I had hoped to get it published–and required a revised lede–I’m happy this bit of reporting finally made it into the top story box. (Unlike, say, my body armor piece.) Clocking in at some 1300 words, this article [...]
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Iceland: Offshore Haven for Journos?
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Business, Environment, Law & Order, Media, Recession, Taxes on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Below is my last MoJo blog post. I concluded my internship at the DC bureau of Mother Jones on Friday and had an editor publish the post for me at the beginning of this week. Next stop Reykjavík? (If you have any better ideas, leave me a comment.) Could Iceland soon be to journalists what [...]
H1N1 Outbreak Made Worse by Lack of Sick Days
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Business, Environment, Health Care on February 8, 2010 |
Below is a quick Blue Marble blog post on swine flu that was assigned by the bureau chief. Click here to see the original or to make a comment. One component of comprehensive health care reform that has been notably lacking from the drawn out legislative discussions is access to paid sick leave. In the [...]
Imperiled UBS Threatens the Entire Swiss Economy
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Business, Foreign Policy, Taxes on February 2, 2010 |
On Friday, I explained why UBS was the only bank that offered to take a hit on its contracts with AIG during the government’s backdoor bailout of the ailing insurer. The reason? A looming US investigation of UBS that meant the Swiss banking behemoth was in no position to play hardball. In an interview this [...]
Golf-Loving, Ethically Challenged Rep. to Retire
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Republicans, Scandal, Taxes on January 29, 2010 |
A week of heat from the IRS was all it took for this corrupt GOP congressman to decided he wanted to spend more time with his family. And his lawyer, presumably. Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), who has recently come under fire for his shady charity, won’t seek reelection in the fall. In a statement released this afternoon, [...]
UBS: Bank Bailout Good Guy?
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Business, Foreign Policy, Recession, Scandal, Taxes on January 29, 2010 |
I’m working on a larger piece on the UBS whistleblower, Bradley Birkenfeld, so I’ve been following news of the bank rather closely. One exchange from the Congressional hearings on AIG regarding UBS caught my eye so I decided to put the piles of research I’ve done on it to good use. My editor liked the [...]
CIA Agent Reluctantly Recants Waterboarding Claims
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Foreign Policy, Scandal on January 27, 2010 |
This MoJo blog post was assigned by the bureau chief. It’s both amazing and depressing that the full story hasn’t been more widely told. UPDATE: The story got out: Kevin Drum, the most popular blogger on MotherJones.com, also featured the news on his blog after seeing it on Time magazine’s Swampland blog. UPDATE 2: My [...]
A Mulligan for Ethically Challenged GOP Rep?
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Business, Republicans, Scandal, Sport on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this quick MoJo blog post while I was waiting to hear back from sources for another story. My editor liked it and immediately promoted it to the Must Read section. While I appreciate the praise, she did chop out both a fun golf reference–that’s about par for the course for the golf-loving congressman’s [...]
The NY Times Paywall: Worth the Wait
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Advertising, Media on January 20, 2010 |
This morning, Kevin commented on the announcement by the New York Times that it intends to build a paywall around its content… starting next year: This is sort of odd. Why wait until 2011? The technology for tracking visits isn’t very hard to implement. And why announce this without answers to basic questions like “how [...]
