Having read the latest Atlantic on the plane back from Texas, I was going to discuss it at some point on this blog, but the Corner-dwellers beat me to it. I would say I agree with Rich’s take on the James Fallows cover story — the facts in the article don’t support its pessimistic conclusions. I find this often happens with honest liberal journalists, who report facts that contradict their theses but can’t help drawing the conclusions they want to believe.

Also, if you read Nir Rosen’s piece in the Atlantic, you should also read Jonah’s post about the Weekly Standard’s investigation into Rosen’s previous writings.