I really love trees. I mean, who doesn’t. I’m also really concerned about how we can keep enough of them in the right places. — I really love trees. I mean, who doesn’t. I’m also really concerned about how we can keep enough of them in the right places. Here in California, we have lost Rhode Island-sized forests to fire in the last couple of years. Bark beetles — surviving fewer and shorter freezes each…

One of the biggest stories I ever was in charge of at the WSJ was the collapse of Enron, a Houston-based energy trader that flamed out… — One of the biggest stories I ever was in charge of at the WSJ was the collapse of Enron, a Houston-based energy trader that flamed out spectacularly in October 2001. My former colleagues John Emshwiller and Rebecca Smith are doing a podcast for the Journal called Bad Bets that has…

Twenty years ago on September 11, I woke up to a frantic phone call from a colleague telling me a plane had hit the World Trade Center in… — Twenty years ago on September 11, I woke up to a frantic phone call from a colleague telling me a plane had hit the World Trade Center in Manhattan. I turned on CNN to watch the horror first-hand, gingerly shunting my then- three-year-old son from the room. At the time…

For a long time, I haven’t written for the public. But it’s time both to exercise my pen and exorcise a few frustrations. The prompt? The… — For a long time, I haven’t written for the public. But it’s time both to exercise my pen and exorcise a few frustrations. The prompt? The anniversaries of two events 20 years ago and how those events ended up shaping the world, not always in expected ways. A bit about…