James Fallows raised the issues of high-priced fighters expertly in his book National Defense a couple of years ago.

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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.

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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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