TNR BREAKS WITH GORE

“[B]itterness is not a policy position. In past moments of foreign policy decision – first the Gulf war, then Bosnia – Al Gore has championed the moral and strategic necessity of American power and thus offered a model for his party. We wish we could say that at this moment of decision he was doing the same.” – The New Republic, in its current editorial. This is another great lede, measured, detailed, and all the more damning for that. Anyone who works for a political magazine will have stresses and strains, as Christopher Hitchens has with the Nation. But every now and again, you’re reminded (or not) of why you care about a particular institution. TNR’s intellectually honest criticism of Gore is a tribute to their integrity. I’m proud to be on their masthead.