After attending Lakeside School in Seattle, he graduated from Stanford University in 1986,[2] and briefly worked as an assistant bond salesman in San Francisco.

[3] Bronson abandoned finance to pursue writing, publishing short stories and eventually a comedic novel based upon his bond trading experiences.

[4] Publishers Weekly reviewed the book saying, "Bronson writes with panache, and while his novel finally lacks the depth of feeling that can distinguish a great satire like Catch-22, it's a witty and cutting send-up that marks him as a writer with a likely big and bright future.

[7] With the collapse of the internet bubble in 2000, and after creating The $treet, a short-lived television drama for Fox again drawing upon his bond trading days, Bronson began searching for a new direction for his career.

His columns frequently draw on his research data to challenge arguments that American society is on a moral decline.

For example, he argues against the idea that the institution of marriage has disintegrated from an ideal past filled with stable nuclear families.