Why is that interesting?
Most recent example, Rove on both Newsweak and Timid the same week.
New Republic is better than those two, yet it is still agenda driven.
Space is valuable and for the editors to choose to use it for any domestic issue means it is important to them and is felt to be important for the Democrat and left wing agenda for shaping US public opinion and policy in the long run.
Why is criticism of "Intelligent Design" considered important to furthering the Democrats success and the move left of this country?