The New Republic

After the news of Senator Edward M. Kennedy's death, we dug into our archives to see how his career in politics evolved. READ MORE >>

Today's Washington Post story about Barack Obama's growing troubles in Afghanistan pinpoints a potentially strange political dynamic. With liberals like Russ Feingold and some House progressives getting nervous about a major American commitment, Obama's will increasingly need to ally with conservatives--many of whom are bashing him on domestic policy--to sell the war effort. READ MORE >>

A somewhat unexpected tribute from the NSC chief: Statement by the National Security Advisor General James L. Jones on the passing of Senator Kennedy READ MORE >>

Ruth Marcus has a column today about Charles Grassley and the prospects for bipartisan health care reform. Marcus treats the prospect that Grassley will support health care reform as an uncertain prospect, albeit one withdim prospects. On the negative side, she reports, Grassley believes that supporting reform could cost him his Senate seat to a GOP challenger and, even if he survives, make Republicans strip him of his seniority on the Judiciary Committee. READ MORE >>

In today's New York Observer, Felix Gillette has a thorough postmortem on "The Wanted," the short-lived and controversial NBC News show I wrote about earlier this month, in my piece about the case of Leopold Munyakazi, a former Goucher College professor accused of participating in the Rwandan genoc READ MORE >>

Megan McArdle asks, "Are Guns at Protests Really Dangerous?" in order to argue that they aren't: READ MORE >>

Today at TNR (August 26, 2009) READ MORE >>

A little after 1 a.m., Senator Kennedy's office sent out this press release: READ MORE >>

That's what Aaron David Miller tells Politico-bound Laura Rozen will come from the peace-process announcement expected from the Obama administration next month. But Miller remains a deep pessimist about the possibility of an actual peace deal. Former Bush NSC Middle East hand Elliott Abrams,  in a separate interview, seems to bolster that opinion:  READ MORE >>

At the risk of extending a ghoulish conversation, I think Noam might be overestimating the humanity of Republican Senators when he concludes that it was a tactical mistake for Ted Kennedy to try to guarantee that his seat isn’t vacant for any period of time should he die in office:   READ MORE >>