Oops!(Devil in the Details)(predictions)(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, June, 2005
Punditry's not an exact science, and even the best writers make the wrong call now and again. Herewith, on our 15th anniversary, a selection of bad predictions from the Prospect archive: August 2003: "Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be the next governor of California." November 2002: "Not only might Saddam Hussein turn his weapons of mass destruction and chemical weapons against our troops; he likely would wield them against the civilian populations of neighboring countries and against Israel." November 1998: "The U.S.
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