He writes that “President George W. Bush . . . might well have made a mistake in appointing Michael Brown, a man with little previous experience in emergency management, as head of FEMA.” Might well have made a mistake? Whoa there! Isn’t that a little strong? How about “it is possible to argue that it was a mistake to appoint Brown”? Or: “It is possible to argue that the president might very well have been able to find other people who just may have been better suited to the job”? That’s better.