Dave Fallows, chairman of the finance, housing and resources committee, heads up the blog.
Fallows credits Franklin (Chuck) Spinney in the Pentagon TacAir group for much of his direction in research.
"In the aviation environment, that was a really gruelling, stupid thing for him to do, " says Fallows.
Fallows, looked at the F-16 which was designed by John Boyd to be a fast, relatively uncomplicated fighter.
Another point Fallows made is that in practice, which is pretty much required to fight effectively, planes crash.
James Fallows raised the issues of high-priced fighters expertly in his book National Defense a couple of years ago.
But that requires a revolution in aeroplane design, and most of Mr Fallows's book is about two companies leading it.
Chalmers Johnson, an academic ally of the Prestowitz-Fallows team, illustrates the link between Japan and China with a personal tale.
Fallows wraps the saga of two small-airplane builders around the larger story of today's burgeoning American aviation, spinning a gripping tale.
James Fallows of The Atlantic joins us, as he does most Saturdays.
Because, Mr Fallows argues, of the hub-and-spoke system, developed by the airlines since deregulation to cut their costs and fill their seats.
Finance committee chairman Dave Fallows said the council had listened to tenants.
And again we can go further than Fallows does in this piece.
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For instance, The Atlantic journalist James Fallows jumped the gun a couple of years ago after the singer Bob Dylan was unable to perform in China.
Fallows tracks the first company, Cirrus Design, of Duluth, Minn.
Recent events in South Korea further imperil Mr Fallows's thesis.
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As Fallows pointed out ages ago, the military hangs all sorts of gadgets and capabilities on new programs, driving up cost and complexity, delaying completion and increasing the maintenance costs.
And yet, top bloggers include academics and commentators whose work would qualify them as public intellectuals by any traditional measure for example, Tyler Cowen, Daniel Drezner, James Fallows, Steven Levitt, Lawrence Lessig and Andrew Sullivan.
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In his blog, Mr Fallows has also sought views on whether the council should reduce the frequency of street cleaning and grass cutting to save money, or if such action would be damaging in terms of tourism.
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