Gilbert A. Harrison, the longtime publisher of The New Republic, has passed away at age 92. An obit at the Times opted to take the low road with a swipe at Marty Peretz:

In 1974, for $380,000, Mr. Harrison sold the magazine to Martin Peretz, then a 35-year-old social studies lecturer at Harvard. Last year, Mr. Peretz sold his shares to CanWest Global Communications, a Canadian media conglomerate, but stayed on as editor in chief. In recent years, many staunch liberals have complained that the magazine has shifted somewhat to the right.