Below is the text of my monthly “Editor’s Letter” in the new issue of Washingtonian. With the fall election campaign…

CNN often ends up calling me when they can't think of anyone else in Washington to discuss a random topic,…

Below is the text of my monthly “Editor’s Letter” in the new issue of Washingtonian. Our arts writer, Sophie Gilbert,…

A slight change of pace this year: While I normally write this annual blog post sitting by the fire in…

Much to my amazement, "The Threat Matrix" has been named one of the best nonfiction books of 2011 by Kirkus. Kirkus had…

I learned only recently that the CIA, which doesn't always out looking golden in "The Threat Matrix," reviewed the book…

I've been fascinated by the story of Najibullah Zazi since it was unfolding in the fall of 2009 as I…

It's one of my annual goals to stretch my writerly legs and write for a magazine to which I subscribe—a…