Max Boot: Let’s not make our special forces win wars on their own.
Washington Examiner: No, Paul Ryan didn’t say S&P endorsed his budget.
Gallup: Economic confidence among Americans plunges to March 2009 levels.
The Anchoress: Obama the aching void.
Canadian Press: Did Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper lock himself in a bathroom in Brazil?
Iain Murray: Libertine commercialism explains the London lootings.
Politico: Charlie Rangel is turning 81 and throwing a birthday fundraiser.