Dave Shifflett, a friend of NRO, has just compiled Workingman’s Ink, an e-book collection of his writing for National Review, the Wall Street Journal, and Cat Fancy. Okay, maybe not Cat Fancy. Its standards are too high. At any rate, Dave is one of the finest and funniest writers around. One of the articles in the book is this one, about his son’s deployment to Iraq. Workingman’s Ink is a steal — only a little bit more expensive than a gallon of gas.