Today At Tnr (august 6, 2009)

• Lost At Sea: Will Obama succumb to the same forces that did in Clinton and Carter? by John B. Judis

• While Protestors Take To The Streets In Tehran For Democracy, Another Group Of Iranians Meets In Cairo For The Return Of Monarchy, by Sarah A. Topol

• TNR Exclusive: John Heliker's Exquisite Portraits And Sketches Of Merce Cunningham Have Finally Been Released, 60 Years Later, by Jed Perl

• TNRtv: Should Geithner Have Told The Regulators to Buzz Off? by Simon Johnson

• Scenes From The Grassroots: What Do We Want? A Single-Payer System! When Do We Want It? Now! by Harold Pollack

• The Radioactive Book Proposal From Richard Wolffe, MSNBC's Much-Maligned Pundit/Publicist, by Gabriel Sherman

• Silence, Please: Why Obama should not spend his time speaking directly to Israelis, by Shmuel Rosner

As always, be sure to check out economic news on The Stash, environment and energy coverage on The Vine, the latest on health care at The Treatment, and Marty Peretz's The Spine. Also be sure to take a look at TNR's new blogs by William Galston, Damon Linker, John McWhorter, and Alan Wolfe.