We can decry the decision of the Spanish people all we want, but lamenting a defeat is one thing. Acting to minimize its damage is another.

Everyone knows Saddam is lying; the question is whether it's worth a war.

As a Frenchman, I welcome President Bush's reelection as the best chance for the promotion of free and open societies worldwide, and the best choice to weaken international terrorism

American glee at the sight of Chirac with mud on his face is understandable; he was, after all, the leading opponent of the Iraq war and has long championed a Europe capable of serving as a counterweight to U.S. power. But Americans should hold their applause, which they may soon come to regret. That's because the eclectic group of angry French leftists, populists, nationalists, and nostalgics who opposed Chirac and the constitution had very different--in fact, precisely opposite--reasons for doing so than the Americans who cheered them on. In other words, if you didn't like French policies before Sunday, you're going to like them even less now.

A more pro-American France--a surreal idea for many foreign-affairs practitioners in Washington--may not be that far off.

Europeans have begun to realize that Europe's weakness is America's strength.

This issue covers partisan passion over the presidency of George W. Bush, immigration, government waste, and Congressional races in the Midwest.

It's good to remind the world that democracy is often spread by force of arms, and it might even make it harder forthe Frenchto oppose the spread of democracy in the Middle East.