Rome

July 31, 2021 — The Colosseum just before sunrise.

July 28, 2021 — The Pantheon in panoramic view.

July 27, 2021 — Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica.

August 1, 2021 — One of the transept domes in the Basilica de Santa Maria Maggiore.

July 31, 2021 — Trajan's column.

August 1, 2021 — At prayer in the Basilica de Santa Maria Maggiore.

July 27, 2021 — St. Peter's Square at sunrise.

July 31, 2021 — Newlyweds getting their picture taken in front of the Trevi Fountain at 3 am.

August 1, 2021 — Looking east along Via della Conciliazione in the early morning.

I started blogging in 2002 at my own site. In 2004 I got hired by the Washington Monthly and then moved to Mother Jones in 2008, where I blogged and wrote for the print magazine for 12 years. Finally, in 2021, I came full circle, leaving MoJo to once again blog at my own site.

Prior to blogging, I was vice president of marketing for Kofax Image Products, a software company in Irvine, California. I’m married, no kids, two cats. In 2014 I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. It’s currently incurable, but modern treatments are pretty good and I remain alive and hopeful that a cure is on the way.