 In addition to his articles on political topics, Nelson has written lengthy articles about Charles Dickens, Frank Sinatra, Garrison Keillor, C. S. Lewis, Jonathan Edwards, Stephen L. Carter, Ward Just, the military academies, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, liberal education, baseball, football, and music.A former writer-editor with the Washington Monthly and a frequent contributor to the Claremont Review of Books, he has published articles in a number of popular magazines, including the Weekly Standard, Newsweek, Saturday Review, Legal Affairs, and the American Prospect.He also has written articles for newspapers such as the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today and Baltimore Sun, and websites such as Politico and insidehighered.com.