Two months after the Defense Department opened combat jobs to women, a House panel has voted to also require women to register for the draft. The measure will be debated by Congress in the fall, in what promises to be a very calm and wholly rational continued discussion about the role of women in the military.
We're not sure if the title of the Associated Press's report on whether women will be drafted now that they'll be fighting on the front lines — "Listen Up Ladies! Uncle Sam Might Want You Too" — is patronizing or sarcastic or what. (It'd make sense on a blog but seems a bit weird coming from the AP.) It skews towards…
Matt Welch at Reason is all up in arms over an ages-old report unearthed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Barack Obama supports equitable Selective Service requirements. Selective Service is — if you're not aware — a pre-draft procedure for which all men 18-25 have to register in case we decide to institute a…
