What makes a Good Byline on analysis?

What kind of opinion writing captures your imagination?

Holds your attention?

Persuades you to think in ways that surprise you?

Inspires you to see yourself and the world anew?

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Here is a sampling of interviews or Commentaries that I produced:

The Unending Tragedy of Jonestown, Nov. 18, 2008

Win or Lose, How Will We Cope?, Nov. 3, 2008

TheRoot.com on TheWashingpost.com (A Live Chat keyed to 'Win or Lose, How Will We Cope?")

The MILFy Way, Oct. 7, 2008

Good Grief: Exploiting Bereavement in the '08 Campaign, June 10, 2008

My Career: The Remix, June 18, 2008

Om, Sweet Om, July 21, 2008

The Color Line Online, July 16, 2008

Black Women Talk Barack, January 24, 2008

Tavis Smiley's Convenant, September 1, 2006

View the complete Nation Article Index

Essays

Mom v. Machines, Sept. 17, 2006

What’s Not on My Coffee Table, August 28, 2005

Amazing Grace: On the Passing of Coretta Scott King, Feb. 12, 2006

Book Reviews

Marcus Mabry’s biography of Condoleezza Rice, Twice as Good

Margaret Cezaire Thompson’s novel, The Pirate’s Daughter