[writer] TRB is the name given the lead column of each issue of The New Republic magazine. Historically, the writer most closely identified with `TRB` was Richard Strout, who wrote `TRB` from 1943 to 1983. Other TRB columnists have included Michael Kinsley, Andrew Sullivan, Peter Beinart, Jonathan Chait, and Timothy Noah. On the origin of t... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRB_(writer)