I'm a columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Here are some of my favorite columns.
SCIENCE OF SUCCESS
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It's the Most Indispensable Machine in the World—and It Depends on This Woman
All the tech in your life is made by a company you’ve never heard of. And it’s maintained by hidden figures like Brienna Hall.
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He Turned 55. Then He Started the World's Most Important Company.
Morris Chang had decades of experience before he founded TSMC. What can other middle-aged entrepreneurs learn from him?
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Why America's Berries Have Never Tasted So Good
Driscoll’s figured out how to sell its most flavorful strawberries. The strategy behind the Sweetest Batch is now bearing fruit.
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The Hottest Beer in America Doesn't Have Alcohol
Athletic Brewing has become the king of nonalcoholic beers. So what’s all the buzz about?
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The Smartest People You Know Are All Listening To the Same Podcast
How did Acquired become the business world’s favorite show?
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The Secrets of America's Greatest Math Team
A teacher obsessed with identifying talent and maximizing potential created a dynasty at a public school in Florida.
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Why Apple's Huge Bets Will Pay Off
Tim Cook profile for WSJ. Magazine Innovators issue.
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And we're all just riding in it.
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LaGuardia Airport Is No Longer the Worst
How an elite ops squad rescued America's third-world airport.
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There's a New Hit Podcast That Will Blow Your Mind
The hosts aren't human—not that you'd ever know it.
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Oppenheimer Couldn't Run a Hamburger Stand. So How'd He Run a Secret Lab?
With the fate of the world on the line, a theoretical physicist became one of the most effective managers in history.
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The Hero Behind the World's Craziest Telescope
One bureaucrat turned a $10 billion debacle into a groundbreaking scientific mission.
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That Cool New Bookstore Is a Barnes & Noble
James Daunt reinvents America's biggest bookstore chain—starting with the most iconic location.
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I've also written about Uniqlo self-checkout, Ferrari, Nvidia (again and again and again), AI math (again and again), Home Depot's secret garden, Costco pants, Hokas and Birkenstocks, a golf course in Nebraska, Slow Horses, Rao's tomato sauce, U.S. passports, Blue Books, Apple's hearing aid, the voice of the iPhone, Brian Chesky and Josh O'Connor, U.S. Central Command, Dave's Hot Chicken, cottage cheese, Siete chips, avocados, Barbie, Taylor Swift, the star of Saturday Night Live, and, somehow, a whole lot more.
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SPORTS​
Before starting the Science of Success column, I covered sports at the Journal for more than a decade.
The Oklahoma City Thunder's Biggest Fan Lives in Japan
She knew nothing about the NBA. Now the NBA's biggest stars know who she is. ​
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The Most Important Shot in NBA History
It happened in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals—and nobody realized it until afterward.
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The Basketball Team That Never, Ever Takes a Bad Shot
A tiny high school in Minnesota takes efficiency to the extreme. ​
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The Secret History of the Warriors' Unstoppable Play
How a stolen basketball play spread from Montana to Colorado State to Utah State to BYU to Iowa State to the NBA.
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The Mystery of the NBA's Most Stolen Play
How does an idea travel from a small college in Kentucky to the highest levels of basketball?
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The Golden State Warriors Have Revolutionized Basketball
Stephen Curry gets the Page One treatment.
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The Warriors Have Gone to War Over Peanut Butter and Jelly
The battle to unban PB&J from the Warriors' locker room.
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NBA History Lives in a Nuclear Bunker Under New Jersey
The league needed a vault for 50,000 tapes of game footage. It found one 50 feet below ground.
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He Didn't Know Kobe. But He Did.
Shane Battier remembers his greatest rival.
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James Harden's Secret Superpower Is Slowing Down
Braking news.
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James Harden Was Traded For a Sixth-Grader
Yes, you read that right.
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Harper Lee Also Wrote About Alabama Football
Roll tide.
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The Shirtless Tongan Flag-Bearer Is Now a Cross-Country Skier
The saga of Pita Taufatofua, the world's shiniest Olympian.
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I've also covered the NBA, four incredible Olympics, college sports and written about LeBron, the LeBron of playing with LeBron, Stephen Curry's warmups, Stephen Curry's swish, the NBA vs. China (again and again and again), the NBA's halal guys, Magnus Carlsen's most epic chess match, Nikola Jokic, Duncan Robinson, Lu Dort, the NBA star who's never gotten a technical foul, the NBA star who had student loans, Mbah-a-Mouteball, the only NBA team with a 4-point line, pickup basketball, Boban, Jim Harbaugh scouting SCOTUS, the Olympic team that trains in a refrigerated garage, a $1 ski jump, a bridge that destroys trucks, and Nobel Prize pranks, plus literally thousands more stories.
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