Articles & Journalism
I’ve been writing freelance articles since 2002 for many publications, including:
- The New York Times
- Huffington Post
- Newsday
- The Scientist
- Self
- The New York Observer
- Worth
- The National (in the United Arab Emirates)
- Institutional Investor magazine
... and many more
I also write book reviews for The New York Journal of Books
In addition, I have been a writer and editor on the staff of:
- Fortune
- BusinessWeek
- The Record of Bergen County
- Crain’s New York Business
- Institutional Investor magazine
I've written on an eclectic range of topics, including the following:
- has the FDA gotten more lenient? (“The FDA's Pulse Quickens”) Institutional Investor, July-August 2012)
- you mean Apple really is just another big bad business? (But Steve Jobs? And Al Gore...) ("Apple's Appalling Ethics," Huffington Post, July 5, 2012)
- how do the 1% feel about being targeted by Occupy Wall Street? (“Color the 1 Percent 99 Percent Conflicted”) The New York Times, February 8, 2012)
- can playing video games help kids lose weight? (“Nintendo Oui: Active Video Games May Be As Healthy for Kids As Conventional Play Time,” scientificamerican.com, June 17, 2009)
- why do doctors and store clerks ignore their elderly customers? ("Talk to Me, Not to My Daughter," The New York Times, May 10, 2012)
- do diet drugs work? (“Is a Diet Pill in Your Future?” Self, July 2005)
- is the promise of stem-cell research just hype? (“Have Stem Cells Finally Arrived?” Chief Executive, March 2006)
- why are men more willing to use their expense accounts than women? (“When It Comes to Expense Accounts, Why Do Men Get the Gravy?” Working Woman)
- can hormone treatments or extreme dieting really help you live longer? (“Buying Youth,” Worth, November 2007)
- what do the super-rich do inside their super-secret club? (“A Club to Discuss Discreetly the Issues of Wealth,” The New York Times, October 20, 2010)
- what’s with Starbucks’ secret new restaurants? (“Shot in the Arm,” portfolio.com, September 14, 2009)
- how come those hockey players have a better 401(k) than you have? (“The Best 401ks Set a Higher Bar for Others,” The New York Times, March 12, 2014)
- what drives the super-wealthy to give away their money? (“Purse-String Powerhouses,” the New York Observer, November 2, 2016) http://observer.com/2016/11/purse-string-powerhouses-meet-10-nyc-do-gooders-who-dole-out-billions-for-charity/