Jamie Malanowski

Month: September 2017

SEPTEMBER 2017: “THE MENTALLY DERANGED US DOTARD”

9/23 Cara finishes the Hamptons Half Marathon in 2:34. 9.22 John McCain says he won’t vote for Graham-Cassidy bill, dealing a potential death blow to the GOP’s latest health care repeal effort 9.22 David Ignatius column in the Washington Post: “If we see Kim as a regional threat, rather than a global one, then perhaps …

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OUR MAN IN AMERICA IV: THE DEATH OF EXPERTISE

Article originally published in London in The Jackal Let’s face it: expertise has not had a very good century. George W. Bush’s foreign policy experts spent their early months scrutinizing Russia; they ignored al-Qaeda. Later the experts called Saddam Hussein’s possession of weapons of mass destruction “a slam dunk,’’ and proclaimed subprime mortgages safe, because …

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SEPTEMBER 2017: “BIGGEST MISTAKE IN MODERN POLITICAL HISTORY”

9.15 Explosion at London’s Parsons Green tube station 9.14 The Indians win their 22nd consecutive game 9.14 California lawmakers late Friday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would require presidential candidates to make their tax returns public before appearing on the state’s ballot. 9.14 Chuck and Nancy say they cut a deal with Trump …

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