Hello — if you’ve stumbled on this page looking for my work, welcome. I’ve just switched my web hosting, which required a bottom-up reinstall of WordPress, and I’m slowly trying to get all of my work back up and visible. If there’s something you’re looking for that isn’t yet working, my apologies. Please email me [...]

A more substantive update will be forthcoming, but I wanted to direct the attention of anyone visiting this website to some new graphics that I’ve added. They were designed for a startup resume consulting business run by a friend of mine; I encourage you to visit her Twitter and inquire about her services if you’re [...]

I am a strong advocate for Peace Corps. I’ve applied to about six hundred Peace Corps jobs since returning to the States. (Aaron Williams, call me!!) I’m in the middle of a lengthy pre-graduation push to convince my younger brother, a college junior, to consider applying. I’ve even got that nifty web banner, over there [...]

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to ask for money. My Romanian partner organization, Fundația pentru Asistență Socială și Tineret (FAST, or the Foundation for Social Assistance and Youth), is a terrific organization, one well worth your attention and contributions. That’s not something one can often say about Peace Corps partner organizations, as any former [...]

“America was once their country. They sense they are losing it. And they are right.” – Pat Buchanan I’m going to start by explaining what I meant by my statement that I felt more “complicated” about America upon my return than I did upon leaving. Plenty has been said about Americans’ tendency to feel exceptional; the [...]

Starting (or re-starting) a blog is a difficult thing to do. You must convince (or re-convince) people that you not only have something to say, but that you have a lot of things to say. Day after day, month after month. Then you have to actually say them, day after day, month after month. I [...]