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Who’s Bearing the Burden? by Andrew Bacevich The all-volunteer army is failing, argues Andrew Bacevich, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran. The war in Iraq has placed a great strain on the force, exposing as false the assumption that the U.S. can be the world’s sole superpower on the cheap.

Cardinal George (and Others) Respond From Letters to the Editor William D. Wood’s article "Back to Christendom," commenting on a recent address by Cardinal Francis George, provoked a flurry of correspondence, not least from the Cardinal himself.