James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, is on a ten-week leave from his various duties at the magazine, including his blog at its website, to finish a book on China and an article for the magazine. In late January of 2011, I had the privilege of being one of a group of guest bloggers filling in for him at his Atlantic blog. The posts listed above were my contributions for the week. Follow Jim's blog here.
I'm a teacher, married to a terrific woman. We have two great sons. I'm a very fortunate man.
While most people know me as John Tierney, for this blog I go by the nickname Jack.
I explain why in this post.