https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/30/decisionmaking-under-uncertainty/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 05:30:39 -0400<![CDATA[David Horowitz denounces the Obama Derangement Syndrome while John Podhoretz, at the Weekly Standard, takes on the myths that Hollywood creates.  What&#8217;s the connection? They are linked by a single theme: the substitution of preconception for reality. Podhoretz describes the World of the Watchmen, an &#8216;alternative reality &#8230; with Nixon elected to term after term after term and the Soviets invading Afghanistan out of fear of American malfeasance&#8217;. This is a world where nothing is as it truly was. We&#8217;re all familiar with it: the world where Lincoln was a Democrat, Bull Conner a Republican, Martin Luther King a Democrat and when the Vietnam War was started by Tricky Dick, instead of by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.  Not that anybody&#8217;s got something against JFK, but facts are facts.]]>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:07:26 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/03/30/decisionmaking-under-uncertainty-n187664