The Ford Edsel. New Coke.
The Sony Betamax. Theranos. Google Glass. Yugoslavia. The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies. The “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” musical. The War Powers Act.
Of the many great ideas that turned into colossal duds, the War Powers Act may be the champion. Conceived in idealism, tested by realism, it represents a huge failure of a brave idea – largely because American presidents have grown …