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  • Local Journalism

Strange Tales From the North Country: A Profitable (Print) Newspaper

  • James Fallows
  • September 20, 2013
What's black and white and read all over, at least in the Green Mountain state.
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  • Breweries & Distilleries

Beer Porn: The Alchemist Cannery

  • James Fallows
  • September 18, 2013
Going to the source, to find a highly celebrated and nearly unobtainable beer.
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  • Aviation

‘Baltimore Altimeter, 30.46’

  • James Fallows
  • September 17, 2013
Snapshots From a Clear Day in the Northeast
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  • Aviation

‘Say Souls On Board,’ and Other Secrets of the Skies

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 16, 2013
When I fly on commercial airlines, I always try to listen to the air traffic controllers (ATC) on my headset. On United Airlines, that would be channel 9. After 9/11,…
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  • Economic Development

Romanesque on the Plains: The Look of Sioux Falls

  • James Fallows and John Tierney
  • September 15, 2013
Introductory note by James Fallows: Yesterday I discussed why the part of greater Sioux Falls that is visually least interesting, to put it politely — the expanse of fast food joints and big-box…
Esri Map of Sioux Falls
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  • Economic Development

What ‘Fringe City’ Status Means for a Community’s Look and Feel

  • James Fallows
  • September 14, 2013
Sioux Falls: If you can make it there ...
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  • Travel

Road Report: Sarah Lee Guthrie

  • James Fallows
  • September 12, 2013
Why someone had to invent the word "serendipity."
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  • Language

Everyone’s a Linguist: More on ‘Coming With’

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 11, 2013
Many readers wrote in about my recent post on how so many South Dakotans end a sentence with with. As in, “Are you coming with?” instead of “Are you coming with us?” And…
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  • Economic Development

A City With Its Economic Bones Revealed: The Look of Sioux Falls

  • James Fallows
  • September 10, 2013
What factories, cathedrals, outdoor sculpture displays, and even brewpubs tell us about a town.
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  • Economic Development

Sioux Falls: It’s Been a Boom Town Before

  • James Fallows and John Tierney
  • September 9, 2013
"That's why they call it a land-office business"
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  • Economic Development

A Dakota Boom Town, but Not the Kind You’d Expect

  • James Fallows
  • September 8, 2013
Why is this boom town different from other boom towns?
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  • Economic Development

Why Local Money Matters: The Middletown Story

  • James Fallows
  • September 7, 2013
"Absentee ownership changed everything."
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  • Education

‘When’s your birthday? January 1st’ Report from Sioux Falls

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 6, 2013
A school district of 60 different languages and cultures.
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  • Civic Life

Welcome Marketplace Listeners, to American Futures

  • James Fallows
  • September 4, 2013
Kicking off a new collaborative project
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  • Language
  • Travel

How to Make Nice With the Call Center

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 4, 2013
The language of Sioux Falls
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  • Civic Life

American Futures: Grand Finale Holland-Palooza

  • James Fallows
  • September 3, 2013
A small arena in which many dramas are being played out.

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