Ames has also written for the New York Press, PandoDaily, The Nation, Playboy, The San Jose Mercury News, Alternet, Птюч Connection, GQ (Russian edition), and is the author of three books.

He later wrote about a 2003 alleged bombing attempt at his alma mater in Going Postal—Rage, Murder and Rebellion: From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond.

We had a lot of ideas back then, big dreams about getting famous and destroying the "Beigeocracy" that we thought stifled and controlled American Letters.

[5]After college, Ames lived in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, and Prague, and played briefly in a punk band.

Though he returned to live in Foster City, California, he continued thinking of Russia, and delved into Russian literature.

The paper played practical jokes on Pravda staffers and public figures including Mikhail Gorbachev.

[12] Ames is currently the co-host of the popular podcast Radio War Nerd with John Dolan, which has more than 4,800 subscribers on Patreon.