Selected Writing About Military Issues

• "The Quiet Side of Being a Soldier's Other Half"New York Times Modern Love column on how, as a military spouse, I can't watch war movies
• "Army's Fashion Fatigue"OpEd for The New York Times on the new Army combat uniform
• OpEd for The Los Angeles Times on Don't Ask Don't Tell from an Army wife's point of view
• "The Military Privacy Debate” Debate" OpEd for The Los Angeles Times on the change in military funeral privacy policy
• "Exquisite Corps" Slate Diary detailing a week in the life of an officer's wife at West Point

Other Writing

• “When I Started Believing In Ghosts” Essay about encounters with the otherworld for Salon October 2010
• “Anne Rice Can Quit Christianity. I’m Staying.” On refusing to forego faith for Salon August 2010
• “An Insomniac’s Best Friend” Essay about the love, and loss, of a good dog for The New York Times March 2010
• “Jealousy by Catherine Millet” Book review for The Washington Post March 2010
• “The Posting Hour” Essay about insomnia and online life for The New York Times March 2010
• “Read ‘Em and Peep” Review of Gypsy Rose Lee biographies for The Washington Post June 2009
• “Top This” Book review of Snuff by Chuck Pahlaniuk Washington Post June 2008
• “Red Light District” OpEd about “DC Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey for The Washington Post May 2007
• “Great Expectations” Pondering New Yorkers’ Perfectionist Dating Standards for New York Magazine March 1998