Up, Up, and Away (subscription required)
Today, air travel is just another form of mass transit. Is there any going back to the glamorous days of yore?
The Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2007

In Praise of Chain Stores (free link)
They aren't destroying local flavor--they're providing variety and comfort
December 2006

The Iconographer (subscription required)
In Julius Shulman's photographs, modern architecture became seductive, comfortable, and immortal
November 2006

Superhero Worship (free link)
Once the province of Garbo and Astaire, movie glamour now comes from Superman, Spider-Man, and Storm.
October 2006

Signs of Our Times (subscription required)
In under a century, neon signs--part sculpture, part lighting, part billboard--have gone from marketing tool to tacky trash to folk art.
September 2006

The Next Starbucks? (subscription required)
How massage went from the strip club to the strip mall
July/August 2006