Reader destor23 denounces Anne Marie Slaughter's vision of a "Concert of Democracies" supplanting the current UN framework.

ThurmanHart takes a look at "The Role of Judges in a Democracy."

Reader ItsNeverOver reports on L-3, the contractor "responsible for providing the much-maligned contractors to the Abu Graib prison."

DF asks some important questions about the potential consequences of McCain's eventual VP pick.

Reader nathalie guyol discusses the "Toilet bowl effect and Hillary's base."

Finally, Jason Miller looks at what's happened since the last time we had a governing majority.