In his commencement address at Wesleyan University two Sundays ago, Barack Obama called on the graduates to spend some time in public service. While he listed numerous ways to serve the nation–as a teacher, in the Peace Corps., etc.–he never mentioned serving in the military. At his Thursday night rally in northern Virginia, Obama said, after rattling off a list of improvements the Obama administration would make, that the American people “don’t want all this for free. They want to be called to serve. They want to serve in the military as Jim Webb and his son have served in the military. They want to serve in the Peace Corps.” Methinks Obama–or at least his speechwriter–read the boss’s column last week.
