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? The person whose economic and military policies shape the environment the next president will deal with?… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Up or out" greatly magnified the careerist emphasis on holding a position rather than doing a job. — James Fallows Copy Share Image
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 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 treat them… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
