Successful societies-those which progress economically and politically and can control the terms on which they deal with the outside world-succeed because they… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
The hoary joke in the literary world, based on 'Dreams From My Father,' was that if things had worked out differently for… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job. — James Fallows Copy Share Image
In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure. — James Fallows Copy Share Image
Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world. — James Fallows Copy Share Image
Chinese emissions are a problem not just for its own people but also for the world. It has now overtaken the U.S.… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
Considering all the different ways in which China has interacted with the world in the last 50 years, considering all the challenges… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
Everyone in the Chinese economic world knows that the country is not going to move out of cheap-workhouse status, toward the realm… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
If you didn't know better, you might have thought in 2003 and 2004 that U.S. government strategy was being set by people… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
The President? Hmmm, I wonder who that might be? Could it be, perhaps, the sitting two-term incumbent of the same party holding its convention?… — James Fallows Copy Share
It seems to be the case that for the people who actually are all in with Donald Trump - which is who knows: 35,… — James Fallows Copy Share
A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending… — James Fallows Copy Share
I seem to be one of the few people in journalism who never worked or wrote for the 'Boston Phoenix.' I certainly read and… — James Fallows Copy Share
The air that people breathe in many Chinese cities has become dangerously polluted. Their food supply is subject to constant contamination scandals. Now it… — James Fallows Copy Share
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job. — James Fallows Copy Share
Chinese emissions are a problem not just for its own people but also for the world. It has now overtaken the U.S. as the… — James Fallows Copy Share
A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make… — James Fallows Copy Share
For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage. — James Fallows Copy Share
Up or out" greatly magnified the careerist emphasis on holding a position rather than doing a job. — James Fallows Copy Share
The worst kind of management seeks a single optimum, a one-scale index of efficiency, like the mindless scales of 1 to 10 for grading… — James Fallows Copy Share
The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them… — James Fallows Copy Share
I have relentlessly beat the drum for Google's 'two-step' authentication systems for Gmail and other services, which radically reduce the likelihood that your account… — James Fallows Copy Share
It is not widely known that, ever since the end of the Korean War, the United States has spent essentially the same amount of… — James Fallows Copy Share
