The only blog I subscribe to is by James Fallows. Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, which is how he first came to my attention. What made him stand out from other writers was not only the quality of his writing but the nature of his assignments. During the 1980s he and his family moved to Japan and lived there for several years. More recently, he and his wife (their children are now adults) lived in China for several years. His reports on both countries are among the best I have ever read and his book on Japan, More Like Us, helped shape my views on immigration. He also writes about computer software that helps him as a writer.
His July 18th post, http://goo.gl/XYBqx,"This Is Really Lame (CIA Fake Vaccination Dept)", reports how the CIA gave free vaccinations in Pakistan so they could secretly obtain blood samples to test for DNA in their search for Bin Laden and associates. Fallows criticizes the practice harshly. I agree. It's a prime example of how ugly Americans can be. Why don't we ever learn?
Monday, July 18, 2011
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