New York Times columnist, Oregon farmer and backpacker. Oh, and maker of amazing hard cider!
Thanks to Kirkus Reviews for its rave of my forthcoming memoir, "Chasing Hope." It's now available for pre-order wherever books are sold (ideally at an independent bookseller!) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814...
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Announcing my annual win-a-trip contest: I'll pick a university student to travel with me on a reporting trip and potentially contribute a column to @nytopinion. If you know of university students who would be interested, make sure they know to apply: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/o...
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When I was a student in 1982, I met two Palestinian students on a bus in the West Bank, and we hung out together. I hadn't been in touch since, but on this visit I looked them up. And therein lies a story of lost freedom, dignity and hope. A gift link: nyti.ms/49pixO4
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Meet some magnificent people. They lost loved ones in the Hamas terror attacks, yet even in their grief and anguish they oppose a ground invasion of Gaza, or endless bombardment of Gaza. They don't want other innocents to suffer as they have: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/o...
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My new column warns that we risk treating children in Gaza as lesser victims, somehow tainted by Hamas. I argue: We must not kill Gazan children to try to protect Israeli children." www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/o...
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My new column, written in pain: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/o...
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My new column on the tragedy unfolding in Israel and Gaza: nyti.ms/48NpbgU
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My new column argues that we liberals discuss all kinds of privilege but often have a blind spot for one significant kind -- the privilege that comes from being raised in a two-parent household. Here's the column: www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/o...
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Loneliness crushes the soul, but it also is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It is linked to strokes, heart disease, dementia and suicide: It breaks the heart literally as well as figuratively -- but we have solutions. My column on lessons learned: www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/o...
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You may not have heard of a place called Nagorno-Karabakh, but it's where Azerbaijan is starving an Armenian enclave, apparently to force an ethnic cleansing. Azerbaijan is hoping people are too distracted by Ukraine to notice; I hope YOU will notice: www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/o...
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I have news! My memoir, Chasing Hope, will be published May 14 from @AAKnopf! I feel too young to write a memoir, but I hope you enjoy it. Chasing Hope is available for preorder at bookstores and websites (support your independent book store!). Info at: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814...
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"There’s something still spectacularly right about the United States: our wild spaces....It's a spiritual experience to hike through the cathedral of wilderness." My column from the trail: www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/o...
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A far-reaching change is sweeping the US: We're becoming less religious. Americans are praying less, attending church less, and we are less likely to say religion is "very important" in our lives. My column: www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/o...
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