“What the (totalitarian) government cares about is making the quest for information just enough of the nuisance that people generally won't bother.” — 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 trying to make enemies rather than friends in the Arab-Islamic world. And if you didn't know better, you… — 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
