The New York Times
Art Director: Jim Datz
This is a remarkable day in the history of our country. We have never over our centuries inaugurated a man like Donald Trump as president of the United States. You can select any random group of former presidents — Madison, Lincoln, Hoover, Carter — and none of them are like Trump.
We’ve never had a major national leader as professionally unprepared, intellectually ill informed, morally compromised and temperamentally unfit as the man taking the oath on Friday. So let’s not lessen the shock factor that should reverberate across this extraordinary moment.
January 2017
The Widow of Wall Street
A Novel by Randy Susan Meyers
Design with Rodrigo Corral
The seemingly blind love of a wife for her husband as he conquers Wall Street, and her extraordinary, perhaps foolish, loyalty during his precipitous fall, is expertly explored in this “ripped-from-the-headlines story about love, ambition, and forgiveness” (PopSugar)—perfect for fans of the TV show Billions.
Phoebe recognizes fire in Jake Pierce’s belly from the moment they meet as teenagers. After they marry and he creates a financial dynasty, she trusts him without hesitation—unaware his hunger for success hides a dark talent for deception.
But when Phoebe learns her husband’s triumph and vast reach rests on an elaborate Ponzi scheme, her world unravels. While Jake is trapped in the web of his deceit, Phoebe is caught facing an unbearable choice. Her children refuse to see her if she remains at their father’s side, but abandoning him feels cruel and impossible.
August 2017
The New York Times
Art Direction: Jim Datz
"The new reformist attitude presented by Pope Francis is just a pose which hides the truth—that the Church is desperately trying to retain power at all costs"
The New York Times
Art Direction: Alexandra Zsigmond
Labor Day weekend has always had a particular resonance in American politics as the official start of the sprint to Election Day, celebrated by rallies, marches and lakeside picnics.
Of course, those days are long gone in this era of the permanent campaign. Donald J. Trump, the Republican, and Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, have been sprinting to Election Day for more than a year now.
Nonetheless, it seems like a good moment to assess what political analysts say the candidates need to do in the final two months if they want to move into the White House in January. And while polls suggest that Mrs. Clinton has a clear advantage over Mr. Trump, the race is hardly over. The unpopularity of both candidates has lent this contest a volatility rarely seen at this stage of a campaign
November 2016
The candidates Final Stretch Playbook
Art Direction: Alexandra Szigmond.
The New York Times
Art direction: Jim Datz
It's about overcrowding in the South American prison system, which has resulted in some terrible incidents of violence (including one in Venezuela where inmates took over the prison, killed some guards and forced a mentally ill inmate to dismember and eat the bodies.) It's a shocking and gruesome story. BUT i don't think we should go there with the image. The real problem is overcrowding and all the bad things that come from that.
October 2016