Obligatory Third-Person Bio
Nick Allison is a writer, editor, and Iraq War veteran based in Austin, Texas. He served as a squad leader in the 25th Infantry Division and deployed to Iraq in 2004.
He writes mostly about politics, policy, veterans’ issues, religion, and American culture. His work has appeared in Slate, HuffPost, The Fulcrum, CounterPunch, and The Political Prism. Nick also serves as editor at The Chaos Section, an independent publication covering politics, power, culture, and the human condition, and co-editor of TCS Poetry Project.
A left-of-center independent with a deep distrust of all ideologies (including his own) and a mild allergy to political labels, Nick spends too much time reading about history, democracy, authoritarian drift, and systems in collapse—and not nearly enough time being optimistic about any of it.
When he’s not writing or working, he’s probably hanging out with his lovely wife of twenty-two years and their two amazing kids, reading, listening to Robert Ford and Steve Sparks call Astros games on the radio, trail running with his dog, Lily, or loitering in local coffee shops under the guise of productivity.
Nick is available for assignments and pitches. Contact him on Signal or Bluesky at nickallison80, or use the email form below.
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