Since 6th grade, when I risked daily dogbites to bring people the news, I've devoted my life to the joys of print and broadcast journalism. I'm available for freelance writing assignments, offbeat magazine stories, high-stake corporate gigs and TV field production, teaming up with the most talented HD camera crews and editors in Boston. Contact me at darrengarnick (at) gmail.com
My Senator is more conceited than your Senator! See who brags the most about hanging with celebs in The Vanity Index, my "groundbreaking" research for Slate Magazine...
Media Frenzy
Check out The Baby Primary, my obsessive quest to get my daughter photographed with all the presidential candidates.
** AYYYYYYYYY! Didn't the Fonz already endorse Barack Obama? Yup, but 32 years ago (yikes!), he wanted the job himself. Check out my exclusive historical analysis of fake presidential candidates!
KING TUT: My choice to succeed Hosni Mubarak.
BURKA SURPRISE: Remember the Austin Powers fembots? The "secret life" of kitschy Syrian lingerie!
LET'S GO LEBANON: A touristy peek inside the Hezbollah Children's Museum.
MADONNA'S KABALLAH: Jewish superstitions go MTV mainstream.
TOILET POLITICS: Israel's Barak strikes fear in Mideast plumbers.
THREATENED BY WAX?: Arafat deserves museum spot as much as the Penguin or Riddler.
LET MY CRITICS GO: Why Leon Uris' "Exodus" is the best book/movie ever.
SADDAM YARD SALE: Wanna buy an execution pen?
EGYPTIANS TO ISRAEL: 30 Years of Peace is Overrated!
Not that you asked, but here's my favorite Simpsons character of all time. Wanna meet the guy who created Chief Wiggum's gun, Rev. Lovejoy's bible, and Homer Simpson's donuts? Of course you do!