A year ago I called the head of a prominent liberal think tank to ask him who his favorite philosopher was.

Mr. Bush says his favorite philosopher is Jesus.

John Locke, who was almost everyone's favorite political philosopher at the time of the founding of our nation, was a very tolerant man.

When asked to name his favorite philosopher during the campaign, George W. Bush offered Jesus.

"Sun Tzu was my late father's favorite philosopher."

Allow me to quote my favorite moral philosopher, Karl Rove.

One of my favorite philosophers, Jimmy Flannery, keeps a "favors bank," in which he deposits all the help others give him.

The question raised in the debate about favorite political philosophers was apparently so beyond him that he sought refuge in the acceptable and the familiar.

"Curiouser and curiouser," he quoted one of his favorite Russian philosophers.

Gov. George W. Bush has said that his favorite political philosopher is Jesus, "because he changed my heart."