I’m a 32-year-old writer and editor living in Alexandria, VA — just outside Washington, D.C. I live with my wonderful girlfriend and our dogs, a Sharpei/Lab mix named Harper (after Harper Lee) and a bulldog-terrier mix named Isabel (after Isabel Paterson).

I’m a former policy analyst with the Cato Institute, now a senior editor for Reason magazine. I’m also a biweekly columnist with FoxNews.com. I’ve been published in lots of places, from Playboy to the Wall Street Journal, and have done lots of TV and radio interviews (see resume or published writing). My work has also been cited in a Supreme Court opinion, helped get a guy off death row, and I’ve testified before Congress a few times.

I’m originally from Greenfield, Indiana. I attended Indiana University and graduated in 1997 with a BA in journalism and political science.

I’m a “small-l” libertarian.

I like to write. I’m a music buff, a sports nut and a political junkie.

One day, I’ll teach one of my dogs to retrieve a beer from the refrigerator on command.