Election Coverage '08

Good Policy, or Just Good Strategy? THE GLOBE AND MAIL | 03 October 2008 While it remains to be seen just how much life the announcement can breathe into the Liberals' flagging campaign, it's received praise as a deft strategic move. But for those less concerned with political tactics than keeping their jobs and their homes, there's been scant analysis of what - if anything - the plan would actually do for the economy if Mr. Dion had a chance to implement it.

The Search for Signs of a Conservative Platform THE GLOBE AND MAIL | 28 September 2008 Election observers continue to debate the necessity, from Tories’ point of view, of releasing a formal platform - especially when the Conservatives’ poll numbers continue to inch upward toward the threshold of majority government, results based in no small way on a carefully crafted, deliberately muted image of responsible stewardship.

Magazine Features

The Hamas Dilemma THE WALRUS MAGAZINE | May 2007 “We have always believed that for people to become convinced to join Hamas, the PLO should fail by virtue of its own policies,” said foreign minister Mahmoud al-Zahhar. “Hamas is not in a hurry. We know that the PLO’s practice will inevitably lead to its downfall. There is no need to bring this about through confrontation.”

A Dramatic Revival THIS MAGAZINE | September-October 2007 "The child under military occupation is affected psychologically, emotionally and academically," Mer-Khamis says. "The socialization of the child is the most basic thing in its life; if you see children only as individuals, in fact you can be indirectly deepening their problems.

Other Magazine Work

Off the Bottle THIS MAGAZINE | July-August 2007 If you're the type to slap stickers on your water bottle, Rocky Mountain Animal Defense has a new one for you: "This is my last Nalgene bottle."

Review: The Syrian Bride E-CMES MAGAZINE | September 2005 The story slowly swells along a path of family dysfunction and repair, climaxing at the comical exchange of bureaucratic nitpicking that awaits Mona when she and her family reach the Israeli-Syrian border.

Lunch Rock before Breakfast HARVARD MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL | Fall 2004 Reflections on a blind climb - free-soloing at Enchanted Rock, Texas.

A Village Demands to be Heard PALESTINE MEDIA CENTER | June 2002 Reporting from the West Bank Palestinian village of Deir Ibsi'a, under closure and curfew for more than two months.

Christmas Under Occupation TRINITY UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE | Spring 2001 Reporting from Bethlehem and Ramallah, West Bank, during the "three-plus" Christmases of 2000 during the Intifada.