The Magnificent Seven: Soldiers pen a jaw-dropping NYT op-ed about the war in Iraq, from Slate. Also: The War as We Saw It, from The New York Times.

Lobes of Steel, from The New York Times.

Thank God, This Will Only Get Worse, from The New York Times.

Making a Mark with Rockets and Roadsters, from NPR.

American Leadership and War, from Maps of War.

China Drinks Its Milk, from the BBC, courtesy of Heather.

How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper, from Scientific American, courtesy of Heather.

The Real Dr. House, from Discover magazine.