From the Washington Times: Military Check-Up Time, by Michael O'Hanlon. From Salon: Obama is Wrong About the Gas Tax, by George Frost. From the New York Times: Combat and Composure, by David Brooks. From Slate: Are We Getting Two for One? by Christopher Hitchens. From TNR: McCainiac, by Eric Rauchway.
Time to reread JVL's "The Case for the Empire."