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 might think that the Chinese government's approach to the Olympics is being set by people trying to make the country look bad.
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job. - James Fallows
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.
- James Fallows
Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them. - James Fallows
Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.
Every previous era looks innocent. - James Fallows
Every previous era looks innocent.
We're now in one of those periods when the reality of intense pressure on the middle class diverges from long-held assumptions of how the American ba… - James Fallows
We're now in one of those periods when the reality of intense pressure on the middle class diverges from long-held assumptions of how the American ba…
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 a woman's beaut… - James Fallows
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 a woman's beaut…
A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make something… - James Fallows
A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make something…
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 biggest carbon emitter; most… - James Fallows
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 biggest carbon emitter; most…
Successful societies-those which progress economically and politically and can control the terms on which they deal with the outside world-succeed be… - James Fallows
Successful societies-those which progress economically and politically and can control the terms on which they deal with the outside world-succeed be…
Over the eons I've been a fan of, and sucker for, each latest automated system to 'simplify' and 'bring order to' my life. Very early on this led me … - James Fallows
Over the eons I've been a fan of, and sucker for, each latest automated system to 'simplify' and 'bring order to' my life. Very early on this led me …
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