Jingos are fond of quoting (misquoting, actually) Stephen Decatur’s famous toast: “My country, right or wrong.” G.K. Chesterton compared that sentiment to: “My mother, drunk or sober.” Our country is currently wrong and our president is drunk with power the founding fathers never meant him to have. Commodore Decatur was right, however, it is our […]

George Bush gave a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars this week, attacking critics who say he went to war in Iraq for oil. Mr. Bush says his invasion was to spread democracy. “Dictatorships seem orderly,” he said. “When one man makes all the decisions, there is no need for negotiation or compromise. Democracies […]