Bill Moyers: Hopes for Obama's Second Term

According to Bill Moyers, During the final weeks of the campaign, I found some welcome diversion from all the political rhetoric and ads, by reading the latest book from James Fallows, one of our most informed and prolific journalists. The title is "China Airborne." It's about why more than two thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China, and what this tells us of the Chinese determination to modernize and innovate, and how their ambition is going to impact America's role in the world and our lives. It's a book I hope official Washington is reading. For 40 years as a national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, James Fallows was based in Washington, covering politics and culture, while also traveling and living in Asia, including several years in Japan and China. Once the chief speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, and editor of US News and World Report, he's received both the National Book Award. You can read his blog at TheAtlantic.com.