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Rating:  - Views and Reviews
I've been subscribing to this magazine for more than thirty years, so I must like it. THE NEW REPUBLIC is basically a weekly but is published only forty-four times a year. (The staff apparently gets eight weeks' vacation.) I'd say the TNR view is mainly somewhat left of center, although it sometimes has pieces that sound pretty conservative to me. Sometimes I violently disagree with one of their writers; then I write a letter. One such recent essay was "Delaware: The Worst State." A writer who was stuck in traffic on I-95 without air-conditioning on a hot day decided to vent his frustrations on little old Delaware by criticizing its highway tolls and lack of sales tax. Hey, any other state is free to do the same.I read this magazine from cover to cover, skipping only the ads, which are few and unobtrusive. For me, the best part of TNR is "the back of the book," as the editors call it: the movie, art, theater, and book reviews. Almost every issue has something I really enjoy, although the current issue (September 9 & 16, 2002), devoted to the anniversary of 9/11, was hideously boring and annoying.
Rating: - Common Sense
Looking for a magazine that presents common sense thought instead of ideology? Articles and essays are from centrists, liberals and conservatives; Democrats, New Democrats, Republicans and others. I've had a subscription now for over 2 years. My subscriptions to liberal and conservative publications come and go. The New Republic is my most read magazine. Enjoy!
Rating:  - Liberal view, but poorly researched.
I tried this one for 6 months and couldn't stand the large number of factual mistakes in this rag. They must not have a good fact checker staff, or any decent editorial staff. If you want good liberal writing, get "Atlantic Monthly", "Harpers", or "The New Yorker". This thing isn't worth the paper its printed on.
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