Several years ago, during a visit to Tanzania, I was struck by what I thought was a truly bizarre sight. Our bus was hurtling along a dirt path, choking on its own cocktail of dust and diesel fumes as we bounced around like pinballs trying not to asphyxiate. Nearby snaked...

The idea of fair trade as a development tool is old news. But, last week's extension of the fabric provision of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act has brought into focus a whole new way of doing it. What was once the realm of coffee beans and chocolate...

I recently traveled to Denver, CO. I saw beautiful mountains, I drank natural spring water, but most importantly (perhaps because it rained my entire trip), I ate.

I feasted on grilled red deer, wild boar chops, rattle snake and pheasant hot dogs and, or course, Ted Turner's buffalo...

Co-written with Michael Panfil

Last week, Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection following a highly controversial trial fraught with suspect evidence and ending with a conviction broadly believed to be unjust. In the wake of Davis' execution, the legal and political conversation has clustered around the propriety of the...

The fireworks over the Eiffel Tower never came, but we drank Champagne on the street anyway. It was our second day, and Paris had yet to kick us in the balls, knock us down, make us cry, and then take our chins and turn them skywards towards the cold emerging...

For months, he had been my anonymous online confidant. Shrouded behind the interwebs, he received the highly personal communiqués I entered each night before going to bed.

And then, one day, this faceless recipient of my most embarrassing diet confessionals was standing in front of me, shifting from foot...

This week marks an important milestone. It has been four months since I started my quest to exercise for a whole year without ever paying for a workout. That means I'm a third of the way done: so far, so good.

In the 120 days since I published...

You've heard the Fast Food Nation story about artificial beef flavoring, right? About how fast food burgers have been frozen, thawed, and processed so many times that by the time they get to your neighborhood McDonalds, they have to be injected with "beef flavoring" in order to taste like actual...

Ten weeks ago I set off on a mission: I would try to exercise for free for a whole year, relying solely on free gym passes, community classes and the like.

The free part has been easy: between all the gyms, yoga studios, karate dojos and community centers...