The New Republic

Ron Paul, racist?
A reporter for the New Republic digs up some of Ron Paul's old newsletters, and what he finds is often racist, homophobic and paranoid.
Learning from multiple abortions
Half the women who get abortions in the U.S. have previously had at least one other abortion.
Rice Squad
Condoleezza Rice fans try to draft her for president
Is this the neocon century?
Richard Perle, one of the intellectual architects of the Iraq war, offers an acerbic defense of his ideology.
He's a lover -- and also a hater
Dale Peck, the madman critic famous for his trash jobs on Moody, Eggers and Franzen, talks about forgiving his abusive father in his new "fictional memoir" and wonders why we can't all get along.
The crisis of the pro-war liberals
As Iraq deteriorates, some born-again hawks like Christopher Hitchens are still waving their sabers -- but others are skulking toward the rear.
Fool me once
I was one of the magazine editors deceived by journalist Stephen Glass during his reign of error and lies. His fictionalized memoir, "The Fabulist," is supposed to be an apology. I don't buy it.
The new kid at the New Republic
Peter Beinart, the latest editor at the political weekly, isn't nervous. Much.
Hillary, Naomi, Susan and Rush. Sheesh!
Clinton requires emergency intervention; Wolf's mind is amazingly slack; Faludi's "Stiffed" is a stiff. Meanwhile, Limbaugh brings a genuine intellectual service to American culture.
Echoes in "Dutch" of a 1994 short story
The narrator and his son, it turns out, aren't the only things that Edmund Morris faked.
Welcome back, Lewis
"The New New Thing" author once said J-school ate his brain. Guess where he's teaching now.
Crossing the Atlantic
Michael Kelly and William Whitworth talk about the changing of the guard at one of the nation's most respected magazines.
Marriage as a revolutionary act
Andrew Sullivan has been condemned as a reactionary by some fellow gay intellectuals for advocating marriage instead of promiscuity -- but his complex views on politics, religion and his own sex life defy easy labels.
Uncle Andrew's cabin
Why is a moralizing, self-centered Tory named Andrew Sullivan speaking for gay Americans?
Let's Get This Straight: How do you retract a story online?
Time, the New Republic and the Cincinnati Enquirer map the high, middle and low roads for dealing with discredited articles on the Web.
Paging Joe McCarthy
There's a conspiracy to undermine the government. Sound familiar?
In defense of Matt Drudge ...
>... AND THE FREEDOM OF THE INTERNET
All About Mensch
Forget Cosmopolitan's special issue "All About Men" -- let some other mags profile their ideal bachelors.
Media Circus: Thin-skinned journalists
When it's their turn to be written about, media honchos believe that turnabout is NOT fair play.
SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal
The real winners of the China-Hong Kong handover are the vicious triads whose influence now extends to 1 billion people.

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