TNR’s New Owners

No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.

Clint Hendler

‘There Is No Law’

It's now up to the Supreme Court or the Democratic Congress to overturn the Military Commissions Act and restore our right to habeas corpus.

David Cole

When’s the Idea Primary?

This should be a time for vision and bold ideas, yet caution is the order of the day--and activist voters are demanding more.

Robert L. Borosage

Rushed Primaries

Instead of front-loading political races with early primaries, we need a rotating calendar of regional primaries.

The Editors

Edwards Gets a Boost

Thank you, Ann Coulter, for reviving the principled but media-neglected presidential candidacy of John Edwards.

Robert Scheer

Cheney’s Henchman Gets His

Why should the Vice President have a national security adviser to begin with?

Nicholas von Hoffman

Subprime Mortgage Blues

As the housing market flattens, the poor pay the price for the greed and stupidity of the real estate and banking bigwigs.

Nicholas von Hoffman

The Persecution of Sami Al-Arian

A Palestinian professor caught in the US legal system needs all the support we can muster, as respect for constitutional freedoms sinks ever lower.

Alexander Cockburn

Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right

Calvin Trillin

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