5,000 Most Respected Editorials:

Michael Barone has written a stellar piece in this week's Newsweek magazine about American presidents and their decisions to go to war. It is an historical review with commentary. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060130/30lede.htm Wars are chancy things. The friction of war, as the Prussian military philosopher Carl von Clausewitz wrote, is inevitable and its effects unpredictable. The responsibility for sending men to their deaths has weighed heavily on our commanders in chief.... Sign in to see full entry.