What was your first job as a journalist?
American Greatness.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yessir.
How is social media changing news?
Not for the better.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
If I say Rachel Maddow does that count?
What does it mean to be a journalist?
As my colleague Curt Mills once said, "To be a cartographer of the familiar."
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email or private message.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft Word.
What's your favorite social network?
I loathe them all.
Who do you wish followed you?
I don't know. But I miss my colleague Angelo Codevilla.
Why did you become a journalist?
Writing is cheaper than therapy.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was the editor.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I wrote "A Deep Cleansing of the Deep State" when I worked at The American Spectator. It upset the right people
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Have a day job when you're starting out. Time, talent,
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning or afternoon.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
"Can you just write something on a badass warplane?"
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
"Can you just write something on a badass warplane for me?"
What's your favorite drink?
Same as Saddam Hussein and Christopher Hitchens: Johnnie Walker Black, the finest blended-Scotch whisky known to Man.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Microsoft Word and Email.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The National Interest is the coolest publication. I read it before and now during my time there.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That experts actually know what they're talking about.
