Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

At What Cost?
Buzzflash's Meg White argues that if we can't afford to care for veterans, we can't afford to be at war.

A Soldier's Soldier
At Small Wars Journal, Robert Bateman reposts a touching essay he wrote in remembrance of a fallen soldier named Bradley Fox.

Armistice Day
Matt Yglesias wonders if we'd be better served by changing the name of today's holiday to Armistice Day, as they call it in Europe.

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