James Fallows narrates photos of China's western reaches
and describes how technology has transformed them.
Music: "Ser Gi Tung Pho" by Techung
Two idealistic Taiwanese businessmen happened into the most rural part of China and thought: Let's bring it from the 15th century to the 21st.
Wayne Curtis narrates images from Prince Edward Island—fictional home of Anne of Green Gables and real-life home of the woman who created her.
Music: "Paddy Fahy's Reel" and "The Mountain Top" by Chulrua
"In Avonlea, I talked to a 'village resident' in a minister’s collar, who told me he was also a minister in real life and had officiated at more than 500 weddings of Japanese couples, mostly at the Anne of Green Gables Museum. This is the farm where Montgomery herself was married, and the couples go to great lengths to duplicate her ceremony, right down to the wedding cake, which is made from the same recipe."
Marc Ambinder narrates a photo journal of the best and worst of Campaign 2008—from town halls and straw polls to SWAT teams and state fairs.
Kodak moments from the campaign trail
A poem by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, read by the author