As a journalist, Ariel has written about truckers on the Iraq-Turkey border, warring lobstermen in Maine, the hunt for buried military explosives, the subculture of dog shows, one rabid cat's trail of terror, the presidential campaign trail, a DC artist who curates street trash, midshipmen boxers at the U.S. Naval Academy, extreme pogo sticks, and the Iowa caucuses, among other things. He also writes essays.
New York Times Sunday Magazine
New York Times - "Modern Love" column
Brown Alumni Magazine
Deep Underground
Christian Science Monitor
Water Takes the Fear Away (pdf)
The Algonkian
SELECTED JOURNALISM
The Inside Story of a Controversial New Text about Jesus
Smithsonian Magazine
The Passion of John Wojnowski
Washingtonian
Last Words: How to Save a Dying Language
Smithsonian Magazine
A King with No Country
Washingtonian Magazine
How the Pogo Stick Leapt from Classic Toy to Extreme Sport
Smithsonian Magazine
The Life of the Party
Washingtonian
Working The Line on the Iraq border
Christian Science Monitor
Trashball
New York Times
Lobster War - Part I & Lobster War - Part II
Christian Science Monitor