Former US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, recently released a new book titled Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom. In her book, Rice argues that the world is a better, freer place because an increasing number of nations – some of which she specifically profiles – have accepted democratic forms of government. The book has gotten a fair amount of attention in the press recently and an excerpt from the book was featured in a Fox News column this week. Even from reading the excerpt in the column, it quickly becomes evident that while Rice’s book is well-written and she makes a...