Retired seatholders can fill in empty slots, but there is now a waiting list of several months.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

To the list of warnings we compiled last month, we add a new one: Yesterday, eight retired generals and intelligence officials took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post saying it was a bad idea.

FORBES: Risk On The Run Again

Here's a quick starter list: Rometty, Hall of Fame golfer Nancy Lopez, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

WSJ: 2012 Masters: Freddie Needs a Couple More Days