Assistant editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal
Joined August 2014
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40 million Americans depend on one river, and it's running dry.
The Colorado's flow is down 20% since 2000 and farmers are being paid NOT to plant.
Read about the battle over the Colorado River from @Faithika, Rago ’21, Novak ’26, in @WSJopinion: wsj.com/opinion/colorado-riv…
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TFAS is excited to welcome the 2026-27 Robert Novak Journalism Fellows! Congratulations to @FrannieBlock, @Faithika, Rago ’21, @MJ_Koch, Gilbert Guerra ’20, @GraysonLogue ’24, John Sailer and @LizWolfeReason.
To learn more about the cohort, visit TFAS.org/Novak26.
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Last week’s weather in South Dakota was atypical. Power lines came down. Grain silos were crushed. Trees fell on homes. But the most striking visuals, a cruel irony, are the flattened windmills, unable to handle the wind, writes @Faithika
on.wsj.com/4vb4pSt
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"What happens to renewable wind energy when wind blows down windmills?"
@Faithika: Windmills Can’t Handle the Wind wsj.com/opinion/free-express… via @WSJFreeEx
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On the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, we should remember the courageous volunteers who stand against catastrophe—fighting forest fires, grass fires, house fires, writes @Faithika
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Volunteer firemen is a tradition as old as the nation, but fewer young people are signing up to do the job. My latest for the 4th of July: wsj.com/opinion/the-american…
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South Dakota is half flat farmland, half rough upland, with the wide Missouri between them. But it’s the craggy western part in which I grew up that comes to mind first, writes @Faithika
on.wsj.com/44fo9cu
An America 250 roundup! 50 people for 50 states: wsj.com/opinion/free-express…
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50 people write about 50 states.
@alicecooper on Arizona, @prattprattpratt on Washington, @TimTebow on Florida, @BenSasse on Nebraska, @MattHennessey on New Jersey, @jackbutler4815 on Ohio, @shirajkaplan on Louisiana, @KimStrassel on Oregon, @MJ_Koch on NY, @NicoleReneeAult on Maryland, @kendallwhite01 on Minnesota, @bradleybirzer on Kansas, @kyleopeterson on North Dakota, @Faithika on South Dakota, @continetti on Virginia, @McCormickProf on WV, @JillianKayM on Wyoming, & me on Michigan.
From Sea to Shining Sea wsj.com/opinion/free-express… via @WSJFreeEx
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Alcohol helped the American colonists gain a vital partner. Benjamin Franklin secured the French alliance with the aid of a cellarful of wine. / By @VictorinoMatus
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Mamdani vs. bodegas: His socialist supermarkets could put New York’s little grocers out of business, writes @Faithika
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From @WSJopinion: The Knicks bring long-overdue joy to New York. Trump and Mamdani will be rooting for the same team on Monday night, writes @Faithika.
on.wsj.com/4xe0kir
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Reading this piece, I feel as if I am in NYC. But I am not. @Faithika is.
realclearpolitics.com/2026/0…
Today is game day! Here's me on the Knicks: wsj.com/opinion/the-knicks-b…
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‘Patrizia’s of Williamsburg, a family-style Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, has a special called Jalen Brunson Rigatoni—pasta dyed with organic blueberry extract and an orange-colored cream sauce.’ @Faithika @wsjopinion wsj.com/opinion/the-knicks-b…
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“New York hasn’t seen this level of basketball fandom since the 2012 days of #Linsanity, when guard @JLin7 suddenly started scoring baskets for the @NYKnicks at an unfathomable rate. What’s going on now in #NewYork is beyond that.” @Faithika @Wsjopinion wsj.com/opinion/the-knicks-b…
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Trump’s Republicans reap voter discontent in Iowa. Farmers are paying the price for inflation, high interest rates, and U.S. and retaliatory tariffs, writes @Faithika
on.wsj.com/4e0xyJd
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Mitchell Robinson is expected to be available for the Knicks in Game 1 against the Spurs after fully participating in practice Tuesday following right hand surgery, sources tell @ShamsCharania
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“On birthdays, we celebrate that we are here, not that we are perfect but that we are alive.”
Remembering the Spirit of 1976 by @EditorSkinner
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