The New Republic

Huckabee Hearts Hillary [Eriposte, The Left Coaster]: READ MORE >>

Obama Takes Aim [Jim Rutenberg, New York Times]: "Senator Obama's campaign shared with reporters this morning this mailing it sent out highlighting his early opposition to the Iraq war 'when others went along' with the Bush war plan. But, in the latest wrinkle in the fight between the two Democratic candidates, the mailing also pointedly notes that, 'while other Democrats voted for the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Barack Obama opposed READ MORE >>

 Today's New York Times profile of McCain campaign manager Rick Davis includes the following bit : Mr. McCain, who had been chartering his own jets because of ethical scruples about accepting discounted corporate flights, as his opponents did, agreed to begin accepting them after all. Even a central symbol of the McCain campaign, the Straight Talk Express bus, has become cheaper. READ MORE >>

I hope you're sitting down: READ MORE >>

We've written a note about the new TNR.com here. Give 'er a read! --The Editors READ MORE >>

 ..somewhere, probably, but definitely not at bloggingheads.tv today, where I can be found discussing the current crop of Iraq- and war-on-terror-themed movies with Slate's Dana Stevens. If you'd like to watch me talk far too fast and scrupulously avoid ever making eye contact with the camera, this is your chance.  --Christopher Orr READ MORE >>

Michael Duffy hits on the right way to think about a Hillary v. Rudy matchup in the general election: READ MORE >>

The New York Timesnoted over the weekend that many Democrats (mostly, but not exclusively, liberals) think that if 2009 offers a reprise of 1993's choice between new spending and deficit reduction, we should make a difference choice this time and opt for the READ MORE >>

I moved to Boston about three-and-a-half years ago and since then have become a casual Red Sox fan. (By casual, I mean I don't really pay much attention to the Sox during the regular season--save for when I'm lucky enough that a friend invites me to go to Fenway for a game--but I follow them if/when they're in the playoffs, and I wholeheartedly subscribe to the belief that David Ortiz may be the most clutch performer in the history of sports.) But I imagine I'd have READ MORE >>

Osama Bin Laden has issued a statement about the need for unity among perfervid Muslims.  This is not one of his characteristic tropes.  Indeed, he doesn't really think of Shi'a as Muslims at all.  But serious observers think that Osama's words and voice impute desperation to his faithful fanatics and, of course, therefore, to serious observers of the war in Iraq.  Richard Clarke, a severe critic of the war from its earliest days and a slightly unreliable manager of U.S. READ MORE >>