From The New York Sun, a review of The Idea that Is America: Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World by Anne-Marie Slaughter. From The National Interest, Losing Mythic Authority: The question is in part: How big is America’s failure? But more significantly, what are the consequences?; a review of In Defense of the Bush Doctrine by Robert Kaufman; and Andrew J. Bacevich reviews History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Vol. V: The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961–1965.

From TNR, Paul Berman on Bernard Kouchner's views on pre-war Iraq and his reaction to the war. From Reason, Left, Right, and Wrong: Desperately searching for a libertarian foreign policy. Form Foreign Policy in Focus, an essay on what the Peace Movement should do now. An interview with Noam Chomsky on his latest book, Interventions. What leads someone to become an activist? Research shows parental beliefs, individual personality and a sense of community can all prime someone for a role as an activist. Nothing will convince our euphonious intellectuals of the chronic nonsense purveyed in their writing unless they or their loved ones should be incinerated in one of those terrorist attacks they habitually downplay. An interview with Mark Steyn, author of America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It. John Derbyshire on The New Communism.

From OpedNews, here's an open letter to libertarians by Paul Donovan. Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. on Rothbard, Hazlitt, and Hutt, three national treasures and on Two Views on Social Order: conflict or cooperation? An interview with Linda Bridges, author of Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement. Heather Mac Donald on the Republicans’ Hispanic Delusion: Amnesty is not just wrong in principle, it’s bad politics.

From Against the Current, Charles Post on The Myth of the Labor Aristocracy (and part 2); and responses on The Roots of Conservatism; more on Autonomy; but is it Myth—or Reality?; and a reply by Post. From Forbes, the AFL-CIO's Linda Chavez-Thompson on why it's time to end worker exploitation. Tough Luck, Ladies: The Roberts Court rules that six months into being screwed by your boss, pay discrimination is your own damn fault. From Dollars & Sense, an article on The Homeownership Myth: A contrarian asks whether homeownership really benefits low-income families; and Slicing Up at the Long Barbeque: Who gorges, who serves, and who gets roasted? An interview with James Scurlock, director of the acclaimed documentary about the credit industry, Maxed Out. 

From The Nation, The New Atheists: An increasingly outspoken community of atheists and agnostics is getting fed up with being marginalized, ignored and insulted. Holy War! A new army of atheists is taking no prisoners in its battle with God and his self-appointed faith dealers. Different Argument: An interview with Christopher Hitchens, and he answers your questions on God, life, and the universe. The Postmodern Buddha: Spirituality is as close as the nearest gift shop. Disgruntled Italian Catholics are increasingly turning to the internet to leave the Church by getting "debaptized" — but typically, the Pope isn't making the process web friendly.