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Charles 'Insourcing Boom' Fishman Replies to Alan 'No Boom' Tonelson
Yesterday I quoted Alan Tonelson's response to the paired stories by Charles Fishman, and me, arguing that several overlapping trends in China and in the United States have begun improving the...
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The Atlantic and the 'More Guns' Solution
Sometimes the Atlantic is on the news for upbeat reasons -- for instance, our two current stories, by Charles Fishman and me, on positive manufacturing trends in the US. It fortunately appeared just...
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Joe Manchin, Trayvon Martin, and Barney Fife: Implications for Gun Safety
Following post-Newtown massacre items #1, #2, #3, and #4. 1) Maybe this time is different. It's not simply Obama's speech last night, which moved from the standard Presidential post-massacre "we all...
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December 17, 1903
On a brighter note, I wanted to use this anniversary as an occasion to celebrate one of the most remarkable photographs ever taken. It is this one, made 109 years ago today. It shows Orville Wright...
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Daniel Inouye: A Genuine Hero
I have no special standing to speak on the career of Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, who died yesterday at age 88 -- apart from his having been in public office for the entirety of my conscious life....
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The Bogus Case Against Chuck Hagel
I'm late to this but want to weigh in, about a tawdry aspect of DC politics that I hope has finally gone so far that it will impeach itself. I'm referring to the "bigot" accusations about former...
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Rectification of Names, 'Oh Never Mind' Dept.
Last week the WSJ had a big feature on labor problems at Hon Hai Precision Industries of China. The headline, the photo caption, and all but one references in the story were to Hon Hai. The exception...
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Want to Come Work at the Atlantic? Well, If You Know Python Etc. ...
We're looking for another developer. Details here:Just doing my best to match opportunities with aspirants. And to keep applying talent to the ever-growing needs of our ever-growing sites! Back to...
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The Hagel Watch: Former U.S. Ambassadors to Israel Weigh In
This could be an encouraging sign. A refresher:As part of the pre-formal-nomination "mentioning" process, former Senator Chuck Hagel (right) a Republican from Nebraska, has emerged as a contender to...
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Chuck Hagel at the VA
I mentioned earlier that I hadn't studied the details of Chuck Hagel's legislative and political career. Jan C. Scruggs, of Vietnam Veterans, has posted a fascinating account of choices and decisions...
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Readers on Guns: The Lynching Parallel
In the wake of Wayne LaPierre's announcement today that the only answer to bad guys with guns is good guys with more guns, I'm going to start showing samples from the thousands of messages that have...
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Obama on Inouye: Another Interesting Speech
I mentioned earlier this week that Senator Daniel Inouye, who died at age 88, was as fine an exemplar of public virtues -- courage, dignity, public-spiritedness -- as modern America has offered. Since...
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A Powerful Article on the Gun Problem We Don't Talk About
The sheer horror of massacres like the one in Newtown -- and before that those in Oak Creek and Aurora and Tucson and Blacksburg and Columbine and... -- gets our attention, and should. But as every...
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Seasonal Gratitude, Book Dept.
Clive Crook has written a wonderful appreciation of Dreaming in Chinese, by Deborah Fallows, who for this and many other reasons I am delighted to say is my wife. The book has received a lot of...
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Farewell to Guy Raz at WATC
In a few minutes, Guy Raz will begin his last program as host of NPR's Weekend All Things Considered. He took over as regular host three and a half years ago, and with a team of Matt Martinez, Phil...
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For Christmas Eve: 'The Shepherd'
Merry Christmas Eve! Greetings wherever you are; I am away this week with several generations of my extended family.As an improbable but somehow fitting tribute to the occasion, I give you Alan...
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A Buddhist's Wishes on Christmas Day
For two years in the late 1980s, when our children were little, our family lived in Malaysia. We enjoyed many things about that experience, including the fact that there were sizable numbers of at...
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The Surprisingly Tangled Politics of 'Gun Safety,' Starring Wikipedia
Last week I argued that people who want to reduce gun carnage should start talking about "gun safety," rather than "gun control." The newly reinforced no-compromise position of Wayne LaPierre and the...
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Happy New Year 2013, Starting With 'Future of Mapping'
For reasons planned and unplanned, I really did end up being out of electronic touch for a very long period, on a whole-family adventure. These past few days, rather than looking at a computer screen...
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Google's Michael Jones on How Maps Became Personal
In the past few years, the map has transformed from a static, stylized portrait of the Earth to a dynamic, interactive conversation. (An extended version of an interview from the January/February 2013...
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