Articles
"The Truth About Donald Trump's Money." Salon, August 20, 2015.
"Worrying About the Right Things." The Center for Election Science, October 31, 2014.
"All I Know About Income Inequality I Learned from Keeler." Keeler News, August 2014.
"Unleashing the Power" (review of George Dyson's Turing's Cathedral). The New York Times Book Review, May 4, 2012.
"How Much Will You Pay?" Playboy, June 2010.
"Menu Mind Games." New York, Dec. 14, 2009.
"Seduced by the Almighty Discount." Los Angeles Times, Jan. 17, 2010.
"A Test Drive for Voting Methods." Mathematics Awareness Month theme essay, April 2008.
"A Paper Trail for Voting Machines. The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2008.
"The Box from Nowhere!" (winner of 2007 Imitate Keeler Competition). Keeler News, Dec. 2007.
"Get Off the Earth: The Incredible Racist Advertising Puzzles of Sam Loyd." The Believer, Sept. 2006.
“The Dreamlife of William Poundstone.” The Believer, Sept. 2004.
"Beware the Interview Inquisition." Harvard Business Review, May 2003.
"Eraserhead" (review of Alain Robbe-Grillet’s Repetition). Village Voice, April 21, 2003.
"The Mysterious Miss Bigg" (winner of 1998 Imitate Keeler Competition). Keeler News, August 1998.
"The Mysterious Mr. Keeler." Cult Movies #26, 1998.
"Resurrection at Boot-Up Hill: How to Live Forever." The Economist, March 9, 1996.
”Welcome to the Digital Ant Farm” (review of Douglas Hofstadter’s Fluid Analogies & Creative Concepts). The New York Times Book Review, March 12, 1995.
"Can You Trust Your Computer?" (review of Kevin Kelly’s Out of Control). The New York Times Book Review, July 24, 1994.
"Queens for a Day: An Inside Look at the Navy's Most Perverse Ritual." Spy, March 1993.
"Robots With Sex Lives" (review of Steven Levy’s Artificial Life). The New York Times Book Review, Sept. 6, 1992.
"The Unknown Joseph Heller: Spy Discovers a Forgotten Work in the Heller Canon: The McHale's Navy Episode." Spy, April 1989.
TV Writing
"Secrets Revealed." Dave Bell Associates. Aired on ABC February 23, 1994.
"More Secrets Revealed." Dave Bell Associates. Aired on ABC April 29, 1995.
"Identity Crisis." Bogorad-Wyler Entertainment for Telepictures. 1996.