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In Jim Rohrer’s October 12, 2018 column, he highlights Our Towns as, “an uplifting book that left me believing that the American grit,   determination and ingenuity of which we have…

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Noah Smith recently discussed the big dividends for American industry that came out of technologies developed with the help of U.S. government-led research efforts from agencies such…

In his October 9, 2018 Op-Ed, Dan Foster discusses the Fallowses’ visits to more than 40 cities over the course of their four-year journey across the United States, including two…

In his Sunday, October 7, 2018 column, Rex Nelson, Senior Editor at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette discusses Jim’s recent lecture, the John Netherland Heiskell Distinguished Lecture for the Central Arkansas…

“No one succeeds by trying to be the next Silicon Valley. That was the message of author, journalist and civic advocate James Fallows to a gathering of Pensacola community leaders…

In his October 2, 2018 column, Justin Fox discusses why Sioux Falls, SD, despite not following any traditional recipe for civic success, is booming. Its metro-area population has increased 13.5…

“What we saw while crossing the continent during these years was reassuring and complex and evanescent…” writes James Fallows. The reviewer ends, “It’s enough to revive civic energy.”

In Arkansas Business, the veteran newspaper reporter and editor Kyle Massey has a preview of an Our Towns-related event in Little Rock on September 27. Sample: For his 12th book, the…

The Leader-Telegram, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has a preview article about a visit by Deb and Jim Fallows on the weekend of September 22-23. The weekend’s events will include the…

John Christensen, editor of Fort Wayne Magazine, has a review in the Journal Gazette. Sample: “Fort Wayne has a bright future, as well as our fair share of challenges, shortcomings and…

In the book review section of this past weekend’s Washington Post, Thomas Carothers, of the Carnegie Endowment, discussed America: The Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges.  Carothers says of Hedges’s new book:…

In the River Falls Journal, from Wisconsin, Sue Bridwell Beckham argues that this town should be considered one of “Our Towns,” mainly because of its location, its parks, its theater, it emphasis on…

“Fallows said however divided our nation seems nationally, on smaller scales communities are coming together to rebuild their downtowns, improve their school systems, invest in public art and conquer everyday…

“In the knowledge economy, talent flows from places with limited opportunities to coastal magnets with leading research universities. Traveling in the opposite direction, the authors found ‘nearly everywhere we went…