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'''The New Republic''' is a bi-monthly, [[neo-liberal]] magazine published in the United States. It was founded in 1914 by Willard Straight using Payne Whitney money. Among some of its early writers was [[Walter Lippmann]]. Straight's son [[Michael Whitney Straight]] during the Administration of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] functioned as an editor, presidential speechwriter, and [[KGB]] operative.{{fact}}
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'''The New Republic''' is a bi-monthly, [[neo-liberal]] magazine published in the United States. It was founded in 1914 by [[Herbert Croly]], [[Walter Lippmann]] and Willard Straight using Payne Whitney money. Croly and Lippmann were highly infliential contributors]].  The magazine immediately became--and remains today--one of the most influential organs for the discussion of public issues. Once considered reliably liberal, in recent years it includes as well many [[neoconservative]] ideas.
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Straight's son [[Michael Whitney Straight]] during the Administration of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] functioned as an editor, presidential speechwriter, and [[KGB]] operative.
    
According to Prof. Carroll Quigley, the chief achievement of ''The New Republic'' in 1914-18 and again in 1938-48 was to end American [[isolationism]] by calling for [[interventionism]] in Europe. Quigley states that William Straight allowed [[Communists]], dedicated to the overthrow of the [[U.S. Government]] by violent means, to come into the ''New Republic''. Lew Frank was the first. Frank joined a "Communist Research Group" which met in the
 
According to Prof. Carroll Quigley, the chief achievement of ''The New Republic'' in 1914-18 and again in 1938-48 was to end American [[isolationism]] by calling for [[interventionism]] in Europe. Quigley states that William Straight allowed [[Communists]], dedicated to the overthrow of the [[U.S. Government]] by violent means, to come into the ''New Republic''. Lew Frank was the first. Frank joined a "Communist Research Group" which met in the
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