Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world.
James FallowsThe pandering and ignorance-across-party-lines represented by the John McCain-Hillary Clinton united front for a temporary reduction in the gasoline tax should make Americans hold their heads in their hands and moan [...] Please. This is embarrassing. It makes me long for the good old days of debating about flag pins on the lapel.
James FallowsSocieties are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate.
James FallowsFor the record, I am sticking with my claim that the simultaneous degradation of air quality, water quality, water supply, food safety, soil quality, and other environment-related variables is the main challenge to China's continued development.
James Fallows