Appreciations
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Remembering Kukula Kapoor Glastris
Many people who knew or worked with Kukula Glastris described her as “the kindest” or “the most generous” person they…
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AP Zbigniew Brzezinski
An active, impatient man who evolved a steady, long-term view.
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Robert L. Fallows, My Uncle Bob: 1922-2016.
Eight years ago I mentioned that a run of very public news—the deaths of prominent figures, plus a presidential election…
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Judge Glenna Hall
Five years ago, when I was holed up in Beijing finishing a book, I had the delight and privilege of…
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The Next Aviation Adventure to Follow: Youngest-Ever Solo Around the World Flight
Many generations have gone by since the world-riveting exploits of Charles Lindbergh, since the tragic mystery of Amelia Earhart, since…
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Good Political News From D.C.
Yes, there is such a thing. And I don’t just mean that with today’s Washington D.C. primaries, we’ve officially…
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Stories for Memorial Day
I would like to mention three. The first is a story my wife Deb wrote in our American…
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RIP Alan Young, Horse-Whisperer to Mister Ed
Alan Young, the owner/horse-whisperer of the talking horse Mr. Ed in the Sixties sit-com of the same name, has…
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Welcome Navy Fallows!
And then there were four! Please welcome young Navy Bennett Fallows, who was born late last night, May 19, in…
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Ken Burns, on the American Prairie Reserve
I’ve mentioned several times how interested I’ve been in the American Prairie Reserve, in northern Montana. (And, yes…
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‘Modernism in America’ — Online Poetry Course
Elisa (Lisa) New is a professor of English at Harvard, with specialities in modern American literature and poetry. Earlier this…
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Ben Beach Finishes His 49th Straight Boston Marathon
Last week Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia, whom you see above, won the Boston Marathon, which was being run for…
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Deb Fallows at the University of Redlands
During our West Coast travels for American Futures reports in the winter of 2014-2015, my wife Deb and…
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Found Art: Havana and Paris
Above, the Obama family yesterday in Havana: umbrellas and shiny paving stones. Below, Gustave Caillebot’s famous Paris Street: Rainy Day…
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A Quality-Lit Version of the Aerial View
Last week I mentioned that one theme of our ongoing American Futures travel had been the distinctive view of America…
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If You're in Fresno, Please Stop in at Peeve's Public House
During our visits to Fresno, in California’s Central Valley, over the past two years, my wife Deb and I have…
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Local Pilot Makes Good: Congrats Ken Griffey Jr.!
Ken Griffey Jr. and I have a lot in common. For one, we are both living American males. And then…
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America's Festival of Beer, North Texas Edition
When my wife and I lived in Austin long ago, while she was a UT graduate student and I was…
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Ajo Update: Emily and Stuart Get Married
Early this year my wife Deb and I filed several reports from the genuinely startling and inspiring small town…
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The One Thing You Should Read Today, on Veterans Day
It is this extraordinary report, by Brian Castner, published today in Motherboard. It is called “One Degree of Separation in…
