Here’s my latest article for the New York Times Autos section, about Electrathon America. I wrote it short, then it got long, then it went back to being short. But it turned out fine. It even made the rounds on the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association’s email list.
If you’d like to read it as a PDF, [...]

I went to a lovely lunch last week with Dan Kapp, who’s been in Ford’s powertrain division for 31 years, ever since he got out of college. He spoke to the group of NWAPA members and local media for over an hour about EcoBoost, hybrids, clean diesels, Ford’s long-term plans … he really covered a [...]

Got another last-minute assignment (actually, two) from Portland Monthly. This one required interviews with Mike Richardson, founder and president of Dark Horse Comics in Milwaukie, and Helen Spalding at the Portland State University library. Both were great interviews, and it reminded me that I needed to pick up my stack of comics in my slot [...]

In case anyone is wondering exactly what the difference is, literary agent Nathan Bransford was kind enough to blog about it last week.