In the September 8, 2008 issue of The American Conservative: Appetite for Destruction,
By Andrew J. Bacevich
America externalizes the price of its profligacy by redefining freedom as the right to consume.

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Edit. Looks like I was wrong about articles being restricted? Dr. Bacevich's article is now available. (Thanks to the Western Confucian.)