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Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Suma who wrote (16485)	4/11/2006 11:43:00 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541414

Hmm, The Atlantic Monthly. As for its political stance, if you compared it to the magazine that is its most relevant competitor, Harper's Magazine, it's definitely the more conservative of the pair. However, it's article selection, while leaning right, has some very interesting authors, both right and left. I find I grab the most recent issue off the stands at Barnes and Nobles more frequently and with more interest than I grab Harper's. Ken Pollack writes for it and you would have to consider him center-right as a Democratic foreign policy type. James Fallows writes for it and is harder to type politically, but is definitely not a right winger. Robert Kaplan is a definite right winger, just keeps floating further and further in that direction. He writes about the military. And writes very, very interesting stuff. He's always worth a careful read. When Michael Kelly was editor, he drove it, very deliberately, to the right. But picked interesting topics and writers. Since his death, it's become slightly more corporate, slightly less evidence of a distinctive taste. But, again, I always pick up the new issue at Barnes and Noble to skim in one of their over stuff chairs. More often than not, I buy the issue to read carefully at home. But still haven't subscribed. I may do so. Hope this helps.