Given Catholicism’s reputation for conservatism, it would appear to be the last place you’d find radical innovation in environmental justice. But looking at the full sweep of the Church’s history uncovers a rich tradition of caring for the whole of God’s creation

My piece on the radical lineage of the Catholic Church, and how tapping into those roots can help the religion play a critical role in combating climate change, is out today in @aeon.co: aeon.co/essays/the-c...

I wrote a piece for @nytimes.com on the doc "Predators," which revisits To Catch a Predator, and our culture of schadenfreude and participatory punishment: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/m...

Like compare and contrast essays? I wrote one on #Superman and #FantasticFourFirstSteps for @nytimes.com, dissecting how our superheroes have changed this century: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/m...

I wrote a piece for the @nytimes.com on the two diff ways we tell superhero stories, as demonstrated by this summer's superhero films. This is my first piece in NYT Mag—one of my all-time favorite pubs—so it's pretty special. Check it out online and in print: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/m...

“The stark cognitive dissonance between how people feel about social media & how they use it is one sign that we have entered a new era in our relationship with these platforms.” — @mikesmariani.bsky.social

My newest piece, a longform reported essay on how social media platforms are evolving away from their original purpose and becoming vehicles of passive consumption and AI proliferation—and the implications for our intellects and futures: www.noemamag.com/how-we-becam...

New to Blue Sky, but wanted to share that I wrote an opinion piece for @bostonglobe.com on the increasing valorization of transgressive, transactional behavior in a culture colored by Trump—and how it makes moral indignation rudderless: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/14/o...