During 25 years as a writer and editor, I have freelanced for major publications, worked as managing editor of a weekly newspaper, served as publicist for non-profit organizations, and written business proposals for a wide variety of clients.

Cycling

Two-wheeled travel stories, with a short video thrown in for good measure.

photo of biking trip near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
Biking from Tuktoyaktuk, NWT to Husky Lakes, May 1990.

North

Writings from my years in the arctic and subarctic.

covers of books on Inuvik History

the 'war on terror'

'The war on terror' – the phrase is merely absurd, but its consequences are obscene.

newspaper column bug

A small selection of newspaper columns.

science and
environment

BOOK REVIEWS:

Farley Mowat & Alan Herscovici

Two distinctly different perspectives on the animal rights movement.

Rising From The Plains

A real page-turner about geology, by John McPhee.

Much Depends on Dinner

Margaret Visser makes "a modest plea for the realization that absolutely nothing is intrinsically boring, least of all the everyday, ordinary things."

Smoking: The Artificial Passion

An in-depth but still breezy look at the physiology of tobacco addiction.

 

URANIUM FILES:

Fossil fuel fallout

If we make nuclear reactors the symbol of evil, we run the risk of ignoring the more destructive machines in our own driveways.

Regarding emissions

Presentation to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearing in Port Hope, Nov 29, 2006