"The Controversialist: Arguments with Everyone, Left Right and Center" by Martin Peretz is a book that explores the life and influence of the author, who bought The New Republic magazine in 1974.

In James Joyce's "Ulysses," the protagonist Leopold Bloom, a Jew, embodies a modern-day Odysseus on a wandering journey.

The article discusses Marc Tracy, who is a staff writer at The New Republic and previously wrote for Tablet.