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James Fallows
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James Fallows is a longtime correspondent for The Atlantic magazine. He has reported for the magazine from around the world since the late 1970s, including extended assignments in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and within the United States in Texas, Washington state, and California. He has written 12 books and won the American Book Award, the National Magazine Award, and a documentary Emmy. He has also done extensive commentary on National Public Radio.
American Futures: Grand Finale Holland-Palooza
A small arena in which many dramas are being played out.
The Next Lesson From Holland: Why Local Money Matters
In an age of globalized companies and relentless focus on "shareholder value," a reminder of what local ownership can mean.
The Surprising News From One Small Town About Immigration Reform
In a place as unlike Miami, New York, or L.A. as you can imagine, America's unsettled immigration policy has a profound effect.
Today’s Frightening / Inspiring Aerial Videos
The safety virtues of multi-modal transportation.
If We’re Talking American Orientalism …
… as I was doing previously here and here, I thought it would be worth going back to re-read Joan Didion’s 1966 Saturday Evening Post article that so offended my home town back when I…
A Theory of Mountain Flying
The safety virtues of multi-modal transportation.
The ‘Rapid’ Story: Trains, Planes, and the Making of a City
As our journeys go on, my wife (Deborah Fallows) and I will be reporting what we’ve seen, learned, wondered about, and been corrected on. Meanwhile John Tierney, from his base…
Readers on ‘American Orientalism’
Good thing I didn't mention snowmobiles.
On the ‘Orientalism’ of the Prairie
What happens when the "ordinary objects of our culture" are treated as curiosities.
Notes From the Road: Drought, Politics
Politics as sport spills over into real life.
Holland: Where Things Go After the Recycling Bin
Holland makes, the world takes -- and Holland recycles too.
Giant Lawn Machinery Everywhere: This Actually Is a Thing
Industrialization increases productivity. Sort of.
Holland, ‘Snowmelt,’ ‘Patient Capital,’ and the Revival of Downtown
"I have the best location in all of Western Michigan!"
What ARE Those Weirdo Midwestern Pond-Pools? And Other Aerial Arcana
One mystery solved, many to go.
Holland and the Theory of Serial Reportage
Approximating reality, post by post by post.