Kenneth J. Schweiker (Rutgers): Military Chaplains: Federally Funded Fanaticism and the United States Air Force Academy. The next war is always looming. But has our military learned the right lessons from this one to fight it and win? A review of Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground by Robert D. Kaplan. From Salon, Peter W. Singer on the dark truth about Blackwater: Outsourcing the war to private military contractors such as Blackwater has shattered the United States' moral authority and its ability to win the nation's wars — including Iraq (and more). From The Village Voice, an article on the truth behind Troopergate: A capital melodrama starring Eliot Spitzer, Joe Bruno and Andrew Cuomo. From In These Times, Lindsay Beyerstein on America’s deadly dependence on private security contractors in Iraq.