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James Fallows

Travel

The Reinvention of America

An optimistic argument for the United States.

James Fallows The Atlantic Apr 2018 25min Permalink

Politics World

China’s Great Leap Backward

The country has become repressive in a way that it has not been since the Cultural Revolution. What does its darkening political climate—and growing belligerence—mean for the United States?

James Fallows The Atlantic Nov 2016 20min Permalink

Politics

The Tragedy of the American Military

The United States fights wars it can’t win using soldiers it doesn’t know.

James Fallows The Atlantic Dec 2014 40min Permalink

Politics

Jerry Brown's Political Reboot

A profile of the California governor.

James Fallows The Atlantic May 2013 30min Permalink

Media

Why Americans Hate the Media

An explanation of enduring distaste.

James Fallows The Atlantic Feb 1996 35min Permalink

Politics

Slugfest

A tale-of-the-tape breakdown of the 2012 presidential debates.

James Fallows The Atlantic Oct 2012 35min Permalink

Best Article Politics

Obama, Explained

Taking the measure of the president, with a view to history.

James Fallows The Atlantic Feb 2012 15min Permalink

The Fifty-First State?

A prescient take on what the US invasion of Iraq would mean for both countries.

James Fallows The Atlantic Nov 2002 40min Permalink

Media

Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media

Is it time to end the mourning period for old media?

James Fallows The Atlantic Apr 2011 30min Permalink

Crime

"We'll Never Eliminate Risk"

A interview with John Pistole, head of the TSA.

James Fallows, Jeffrey Goldberg, John Pistole The Atlantic Dec 2010 20min Permalink

Science World

Dirty Coal, Clean Future

America, China, and the case for coal as a vital weapon in the war against climate change.

James Fallows The Atlantic Nov 2010 35min Permalink

Media

How to Save the News

Yeah, you’ve seen that headline before. The difference? This time it’s not journalists trying to do the saving. It’s Google.

James Fallows The Atlantic May 2010 Permalink

Tech

Living With a Computer

Advice from 1982 on how and why one should buy a computer. “I can hardly bring myself to mention the true disadvantage of computers,” Fallows writes, “which is that I have become hopelessly addicted to them.”

James Fallows The Atlantic Jul 1982 Permalink