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  • In Which I Reconsider My Entire Political Outlook

    Matching beer preference to political behavior

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 27, 2012
  • The Secret Factor in Running for President

    Think there is no reason for our endless campaigns? Think again!

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 26, 2012
  • Aviators on What's Right About 'Red Tails'

    'They'd have preferred that Lucas ... kill several pilots in the process'

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 23, 2012
  • The Next Movie I Want to See: 'Red Tails'

    This doesn't sound like the year's best movie, but it may be the year's most worthy.

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 22, 2012
  • Hey Hey Hey!

    Are you successful enough to join the International Association of Successful Individuals ? Here's hoping!

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 4, 2012
  • Maybe Subramanian Swamy Should Have Gone to Yale?

    A figure from the 1960s startles the author with a re-appearance in 2011

    • James Fallows
    • Dec 14, 2011
  • Career Aptitude Test: Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Journalist?

    The exciting growth field of journalism might be right for you!

    • James Fallows
    • Dec 9, 2011
  • The Blessings of Cyber Monday (Cheap Chic Dept)

    Have you envied your friends' stylish Timex watch? This opportunity is for you.

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 28, 2011
  • Thanksgiving Guest Post #2: 'This Is What Is Happening'

    A day to be grateful, and an imagined speech toward that end

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 24, 2011
  • To Lighten Things Up: Glider Flight Across the Alps!

    Getting in the Thanksgiving spirit, Italian-aviation style

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 23, 2011
  • What You're Missing If You're Not on the Tea Party Mailing List

    The 'forbidden' food that can change your life! And, who knows, it might even cut your taxes.

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 9, 2011
  • Moral Parallels: Foshan China, Penn State

    Two horrific episodes with depressing parallels

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 8, 2011
  • Back Online Shortly

    Coming soon to this space ...

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 30, 2011
  • 'As Humane as We Can Afford to Be'

    What the shocking death of a child in China shows us about ourselves

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 26, 2011
  • In My Next Life

    See the world, by small plane

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 26, 2011
  • Today's Delightful Flight Video

    The kind of thing the Wright brothers might have studied, if they had had slo-mo cameras

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 20, 2011
  • Steve Jobs

    Surprisingly sad news, around the world

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 5, 2011
  • Apropos of Nothing: The Bigness of America

    Two water scenes, two different parts of America

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 29, 2011
  • How I Know I Am Traveling Outside the United States

    Anderson Cooper gets competition, from Mongolian "throat singers"

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 6, 2011
  • Back to Vance Gilbert and 'Flying While Black'

    A musician makes a flight crew suspicious. How can we know what was in their minds?

    • James Fallows
    • Aug 28, 2011
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