A STARTLING ADMISSION. From President Bush‘s address to the United Nations: “Freedom by its nature cannot be imposed. It must be chosen.” That he thinks so is news to me, although I couldn’t agree more.

–Ben Adler

Ben Adler is a senior editor at City & State NY. He previously worked for Politico, The Nation, and Reuters, and he has written for The Washington Post and The New Republic, among other publications.