Career
Prior to this he was a senior writer for Salon for five years, and before that a contributing editor to Rolling Stone. The series was also shortlisted for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. His latest book, Bloggers on the Business (2009), covers the growing role of blogs in United States politics.
lieutenant plays on the title of Timothy Crouse"s The Boys on the Business (1973), which covered the reporters following Presidential candidates" campaigns for the United States presidential election, 1972.