magazine recommendations - thought-provoking, non-MSM

[Bender]

I need a good mag to subscribe to. I used to subscribe to Reason, and I liked it, and was wondering about other magazines along the same lines... or similar, but less "dry", ie more entertaining/readable ...

I'm a "less government, more personal responsibility" type of person.

I already read motorcycle mags and gun mags, but need something to stimulate my brain cells...

[DarrinS]

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[baseline bum]

Penthouse

[Bender]

Penthouse
I'm trying to stimulate my BRAIN cells, not that... :lol

I posted in Political Forum cuz I thought the more intelligent people hang out here, compared to The Club, I may have been wrong... :depressed

[DarrinS]

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[Winehole23]

amconmag (http://www.amconmag.com/)

Taki's Top Drawer (http://www.takimag.com/blogs/)

Volokh Conspiracy (Legal) (http://volokh.com/)

[Bender]

Is Am Con at bookstores, so I can browse one?

I don't want to click on the other two links here at work, I'll wait till I get home.


PenthouseI have the premier issue of PH, also of Oui, and also of Hustler... all for collectability purposes only... :reading

don't have premier issue of Playboy unfortunately though...

[Spurminator]

The New Yorker is definitely not skewed to your particular ideology (mine either, really) but I recommend it all the same. Fantastic writing.

[Winehole23]

Is Am Con at bookstores, so I can browse one?

I don't want to click on the other two links here at work, I'll wait till I get home.I bet it is, Bender. Try a Barnes and Noble or the equivalent. There's an online version, but some of the articles are subscriber only.

[Bender]

you mean NYer is liberal slanted... ? I figured, haven't ever read it....

[Bender]

WH what do you read to keep up with what is going on.... and to find out stuff that the MSM does not report...? I used to read newsweek, and USN World Report, they were ok, but I want to get off the beaten track, MSM stuff...

[Winehole23]

you mean NYer is liberal slanted... ? I figured, haven't ever read it....To the max, but the writing is pretty good like Spurminator said.

[Winehole23]

boingboing (http://boingboing.net/)

[Winehole23]

Make Magazine (http://makezine.com/)

[Bender]

haven't heard of those, I'll wait till I get home to check out the links.

Is Mental Floss mainstream media junk, or is it ok?

[Winehole23]

Is Mental Floss mainstream media junk, or is it ok?It's geek bait. Totally innocuous. Great for the WC.

[Bender]

lol, yeah, I was just on their website... it looked kind of lightweight...

[Bender]

any opinions or knowledge about any of these? (some may be left leaning, some may be right leaning)

1. Mother Jones
2. The Progressive
3. Liberty
4. The Freeman
5. American Spectator
6. The Texas Observer


thanks!

[Winehole23]

any opinions or knowledge about any of these? (some may be left leaning, some may be right leaning)

1. Mother Jones -- Too crunchy for WH23, but generally competent and reliably high-minded.

2. The Progressive -- :sleep More limousine liberalism.

3. Liberty -- Libertarian eggheads (http://libertyunbound.com/) Or did you mean Liberty (http://www.libertymagazine.org/article/view/24/)?

4. The Freeman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freeman) -- Horn-rimmed glasses

5. American Spectator -- Neocon HQ

6. The Texas Observer -- Minuscule blue-team coverage of Texas politics. Or they used to be. Do they still use shitty onion skin?

[jack sommersett]

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Anything with the Jonas Brothers on the cover works for me. :hungry:

[Bender]

Jonas BrothersI'm proud to say that I have never heard of them!

WH23 - Liberty Magazine (your second one)

(and yes, I read somewhere that Progressive has recently gotten worse...)

edit: hmmm... forget about Liberty, it looks like it is all regarding religion topics

[Winehole23]

Liberty Magazine (your second one) is 7th day adventist.

[Bender]

guess I'll stick with re-subscribing to Reason, and I'll check Am Con out next time I'm at B&N.