Like quantum theory and relativity, who can really explain why they still let lazy and permanently and embarrassingly wrong ‘historian’ Niall Ferguson on TV? All I can figure is that it is a testament to how much Americans are still pushovers for a British, especially a high-born British accent. This morning he’s on MSNBC complaining about the regulatory burden on small businesses and apparently how some small business of his failed, obviously because of onerous regulations.
In case you missed the news last night, a big shock and a big loss in the world of journalism. Michael Hastings died yesterday in a car crash in Los Angeles. He was 33. He was probably known best, among many other things, for the blockbuster 2010 story in Rolling Stone that led President Obama to fire then-commander of US forces in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal.
In case you missed the news last night, a big shock and a big loss in the world of journalism. Michael Hastings died yesterday in a car crash in Los Angeles. He was 33. He was probably known best, among many other things, for the blockbuster 2010 story in Rolling Stone that led President Obama to fire then-commander of US forces in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal.
Our report on why congressional oversight of the intelligence community doesn’t work very well and maybe isn’t supposed to. Fascinating piece.
