A Must Read For Those Who Follow Washington

Why Read The New Republic? -
If it's an up-and-coming political story, you'll probably read it in 'The New Republic' (TNR) first. Not only does it report the ever-changing policies of the Washington-Set, its writers recognize the subtleties and nuances of their subject. They do it so well, that both conservatives and liberals pay attention to what this magazine says --although they frequently don't like what it says.

Reading the New Republic helps you stay on top of the current issues, but it also helps you stay ahead of them and it does it better than almost any other political magazine I read.

TNR writers are both excellent and interesting. Their liberal & conservative contributors think and write outside of their political 'boxes' --this makes their writing and ideas stay interesting and unpredictable.

Regular Features? -
Columns: Editors, TRB, White House Watch, On The Hill and others. The columns are probably the highlight of the magazine's weekly offerings. TRB is notable for its insights into current affairs and its cherrypicking of the left and right's best thinking.
Book and Film Reviews: One word. Thorough.

Highlights from the past year -
'Is the Bush administration fighting a Clintonian war?'(Apr 03)
'Charles Pickering isn't a racist--but he is a bad judge.'(Jan 03)
'Why John McCain Is The Democrats Best Hope' (Apr 02)
'Will The Democrats Notice Howard Dean' (July 02)

Free Stuff? -
TNR Online (web only content, some print and web articles)

'The Daily Journal of Politics' --a new weblog
Gregg Easterbrook column of various topics --blog-like

What Subscribing Gets You ($39.97/year)-
Weekly Home delivery of print edition
Web access to all print content
Web access to all digital content
Web access to all archives

**if you forego your paper copies of the magazine, the subscription is $19.97/year

Customer Service -
I'm a current and former subscriber. One of the benefits of subscribing is that they send you the issue a week in advance of the cover date. However my post office was delaying delivery of it until the cover date or slightly after. TNR offered to send the mag in plain brown wrap using First Class postage as a solution and that did the trick.

To read some of TNR, check out http://www.tnr.com