CIAO RADICCHIO
The New Yorker, January 2003
After fifty-four years of selling perfect produce and overpriced provender to generations of West Villagers, Balducci's, at the corner of Ninth Street and Sixth Avenue, was closing its doors forever that night, without warning to customers, staff, or landlord.


THE WHISPERING CAMPAIGN
Saturday Night, February 2000
Paul Martin's non-campaign to succeed Jean Chrétien turned Ottawa into a cauldron of backstabbing, rumour-monering, and outright lying. Even more than usual



MERV CURLS LEAD
Saturday Night, April 1999
If you're a member of the world's curling elite, Merv Bodnarchuk, curling impresario, has got a deal for you. Join the all-star team he's putting together, and he'll pay you more money than any curler has ever made. There's just one catch: