Recent Writing

Variations of Uncertain Significance
Liberties
March 2026


How Scary Was the Red Scare?
Cambridge Day / Lingua Franca
March 13, 2026


In Search of a Trauma Plot
Cambridge Day / Lingua Franca
February 6, 2026


Are you a white supremacist? Are you sure?
Boston Globe
February 26, 2025


Christmas on Red Hill, or The Birth of Misotheism
Liberties
January 2025


David Graeber’s Magic Words
Compact Magazine
May 24, 2024


In the Counterlife of Autism
Liberties
January 2024


Autism’s Cult of Redemption
Skeptic
December 2023


The biggest Vietnam War story that Americans don’t talk about
Boston Globe
August 11, 2023


What my autistic son’s cold cheeseburgers taught me about bureaucracy
Boston Globe
May 26, 2023


Anti-Memoirs of Autism
The Point
November 30, 2022

The Mismeasure of Misha
Boston Globe
November 27, 2022


The Shocking School
Boston Review
December 22, 2021


The Group Home Racket: How a Financial Model Masquerades as a Human Service
Dollars & Sense
November/December 2021