1. Which candidate should answer that 3am phone call? (Washington Post)

During the 2008 campaign, Hillary Clinton famously asked whether Obama was ready for the 3am phone call about a foreign crisis. Kim's death reminds us that it's always 3am somewhere in the world, writes Eugene Robinson.

2. Obama's foreign-policy strategy must confront new dangers (Omaha World Herald)

David Ignatius on what's next for Obama.

3. What a couple of grandpas learned at Occupy Detroit (Detroit Free Press)

Robert Deneweth and Ronald Aronson went to Grand Circus Park last month before Occupy Detroit moved out of its encampment; they reflect on what they discovered.

4. Blaming the Jews - Again (The Weekly Standard)

Elliott Abrams on Thomas Friedman, Joe Klein and anti-Semitism.

5. GOP candidates: Bashing judges, threatening democracy (Los Angeles Times)

Americans should flatly reject rhetoric by Republican presidential candidates and remember that an independent judiciary enforcing the Constitution is crucial to our democracy, according to Erwin Chemerinsky.

6. Higher education should not lose in budget game again (St. Louis Today)

Despite lofty rhetoric from governors and lawmakers about how education is vital to economic development, Missouri remains near the bottom, as this Editorial shows.

7. Instead of just taxing the rich, put cap on income inequality (New York Times)

As 1-per centers themselves, Ian Ayres and Aaron S. Edlin call on Congress, for the sake of democracy, to end the continued erosion of economic equality in our nation.

8. Protecting liberty means knowing your Bill of Rights (Washington Examiner)

Janine Turner on the the 220th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights.

9. Barack Obama at a crossroads (again) (Politico)

Stand up to House Republicans - or cave under pressure rather than risk an unwanted outcome? Carrue Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush examine the crossroads Obama finds himself at.

10. US mail is slow and getting slower (The Plain Dealer)

It's time to end the post office's monopoly on letter delivery, writes James Bovard.