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- US states redrawn so as to have equal populations http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/assets_c/2010/01/reform_gis_main_map_800-20713.php 34 comments
- One time only: Java-Javascript smackdown http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/one_time_only_javascript_java.php 4 comments
- The filibuster is not the problem, it is the Senate, itself. Its function throughout the history of the republic has been suspect. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/02/going_to_hell_4a.php 37 comments politics
- If this clip becomes widely circulated, it could have some long-term effect on how people think about Obama, the GOP, the issues, and maybe even our very ability to deal with difficult public problems. Or maybe I'm just dreaming. Either way, this is a very interesting 86 minutes of public theater. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/01/the_most_interesting_thing_you.php 8 comments politics
- What states might look like if, as with Congressional districts, their borders were periodically redrawn to reflect population changes. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/assets_c/2010/01/reform_gis_main_map_800-20713.php 22 comments politics
- What the US would look like if state borders accounted for populations, like congressional districts. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/01/thought_experiment.php 3 comments politics
- In theory Senators representing only 12% of the U.S. population could block efforts that Senators representing the other 88% support. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/01/political_math_36_64.php 3 comments reddit.com
- The former vice president, Dick Cheney, has brought dishonor to himself, his office, and his country. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/12/in_praise_of_george_w_bush.php 8 comments politics
- If Obama hadn't made the trip and Chicago lost, you can imagine today's right-wing theme being: he didn't care enough about his country even to try. Since he did make the trip, the theme is: what a loser. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/10/brief_olympic_notes.php 11 comments politics
- Do we need the F-22? http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/02/let_a_thousand_flowers_bloom_a.php 3 comments technology
- Career military guy calls BS on McCain's use of "tactics" and "strategy" http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/a_military_perspective_on_stra.php 3 comments politics
- how Palin will "win" the Palin-Biden debate. Vote up, so there aren't surprises http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/the_looming_problem_for_biden.php 55 comments reddit.com
- Why it matters that Palin does not know about or understand the Bush Doctrine http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/the_palin_interview.php 7 comments politics
- NY Times blows cover of confidential source :-( (Where were the editors??) http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/unfortunate_nyt_lapse_in_beiji.php 6 comments politics
- In Obama's Wesleyan speech, a subtle tribute to Ted Kennedy that almost everyone missed http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/obama_at_wesleyan_a_subtle_art.php 4 comments politics
- Can a country be a superpower if the great majority of its population is mired in poverty? http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/more_on_poverty_and_superpower.php 19 comments reddit.com
- "In a live CNN interview just now, Sen. Clinton repeated, twice, the 'Sen. McCain has a lifetime of experience, I have a lifetime of experience, Sen. Obama has one speech in 2002'". Fuck you, Hillary. http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/more_on_the_clinton_obama_and.php 285 comments politics
- The difference between China and Japan... [pics] http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/11/the_way_vs_a_way_japan_v_china.php 281 comments reddit.com
- This is becoming less amusing (Olympic air-quality watch) http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/11/this_is_becoming_less_amusing.php 3 comments reddit.com
- Lynne Cheney wanted war with China pre-911 http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/07/gary_hart_lynne_cheney_and_war.php 16 comments reddit.com
- The fired-attorneys case: a truly appalling possibility http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/05/the_firedattorneys_case_a_trul.php 4 comments reddit.com