Over the years, I've penned dozens of articles for a wide range of publications, as well as many, many reports for NPR. Here are a few of my favorites.

'Happiness Index' Bucks Financial Woes
NPR, Oct. 12, 2008

Finding Your Happy Place
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 2, 2008

Use Time Wisely—By Slacking Off
When did hard work at the expense of leisure become an American virtue?
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 11, 2007

Why Women Read More Than Men
NPR, Sept. 5 2007

Life as an 'Outside Person'
An NPR correspondent describes how foreigners fare in Japan
NPR, Sept. 4, 2001

Adoption Approved
A week-long journal of a hopeful father-to-be
Slate, Dec. 19, 2005

The First Non-Smoking Nation
Bhutan banned tobacco. Could the rest of the world follow?
Slate, Jan. 20, 2005

Euromail
What Germans can teach us about e-mail
Slate, Mar. 25, 2005

The Laughing Clubs of Bombay
Is laughter really the best medicine?
NPR, Aug. 3, 2002