On Condi and more. So it will be Condoleezza Rice. We must deny the temptation to ruffles and flourishes which, heaven knows, one might revel in for a good hour. A woman! An African American! An academic! Who had a high post at a tough, competitive major university! And — mirabile dictu — a conservative! Okay, slide by that and concentrate on the theoretical and historical challenges she faces. Some of these she had a role in creating; some, she just bumped into. Begin with Iraq. Tony Blair was just in town, injecting great drafts of high octane enthusiasm for...