This entry is not about the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver, British Columbia where this picture was taken. It’s not about Amy Tan’s latest book, Saving Fish from Drowning, where I first encountered the quotation below. Remember when President Bush told us he took along The Stranger by Albert Camus for holiday reading at his Texas ranch? (We’ll believe that when we watch him write a book report under the watchful eye of an impartial observer.) Bush would have had plenty to reflect on from this anti-war writer who explored themes like the abuse of authority and tarnished values. In light of the consequences we need to hope no one foresaw or intended when we went into Iraq to quash terrorism and bring democracy to a beleaguered country, this political statement is sadly appropriate: