The Outer Garden

Cover Reveal: “Faraway Star,” my upcoming science fiction novel.

Here's the cover for my new book, out June 11!

Interiors: Entry hall of Haas-Lilienthal House, San Francisco.

This beautiful mansion, built in 1886, managed to survive the great earthquake and fire of 20 years later.

More concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

Here is another image relating to my upcoming science fiction book, out this summer.

Moses’s great boondoggle: The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair [Part I].

In 1964, Robert Moses got his last hurrah as the big builder of the Big Apple. What hath Bob wrought?

Toward a theory on the death of the Democratic Party.

The modern Democratic Party is the least successful political organization in American history. Here are my thoughts on why.

The first concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

Here is a scene from my upcoming science fiction novel, out (probably) this summer.

My history with a tragedy: How TWA Flight 800 taught me about critical thinking.

My own history with the terrible 1996 tragedy is a complicated and difficult one.