I thought I would post about magazines I currently subscribe to.
They are:
America, The Catholic Review-the Catholic newsmagazine put out by the Jesuits. I recently started a subscription, because I am circling around going back to the Roman Catholic Church. It leans moderately liberal.
The New York Review of Books-probably my favorite magazine to read; Bill turned me onto it about 10-15 years ago. I also think it’s the best edited of any magazine I’ve ever read; its voice is always consistent, and I’ve never seen a typo. It is almost always interesting, and every issue has at least a few articles worth reading. What's also great about NYRB is that, even though it purports to be reviewing books, it often uses that as a springboard to take a broad survey of whatever subject area the reviewed book is about. Its political articles are fairly good (probably the best I’ve read since Bush became President), but it is sometimes a bit too Establishment Liberal for my taste.
Whisky Advocate-a quarterly glossy about whisky.
Friends Journal-is a magazine about Quaker life and thought, mainly concerned with issues of concern to Liberal Friends.
Plough-it’s a Christian quarterly, published by the Bruderhof Community. Many of the Bruderhof live in intentional communities, where they share all things in common. The magazine is intended to run the gamut of the Christian experience, though it probably leans toward the Social Gospel. Its articles on marriage and sexuality are more “traditional,” though.
The Nation-I have been a subscriber, off and on, for about 25 years. It was founded by abolitionists in 1865. It’s a political magazine, and basically presents dialogue on current issues between the Social Democratic Left and Liberals. I sometimes think its tone is a little too strident, and I also sometimes think its function is to corral Leftists like me into the Democratic coalition, while letting off steam between National Elections, but I still read it quite often. It had a real good issue within the past two years about cities.
Dogster-a glossy magazine about dogs.
Whole Dog Journal-a newsletter about dog health, with a specific focus on natural alternatives.
Dog Watch-a newsletter put out by the Veterinary College of Cornell.
What magazines do you subscribe to/ recommend?
The New Yorker & Chess Life. I consume The New Yorker voraciously. In some subject areas, it has the best writers out there. For example, Jeffrey Toobin on the courts and Atul Gawande on medicine and health care - I try never to miss anything either of them writes. Louis Menand is another. He writes about all kinds of things, all skillfully. And the cartoons are great. I used to read The Nation, but it's not funny.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoy the Regis Alumni News, and it's free!
I really love the Alumni News, too!
ReplyDeleteI don't subscribe to anything anymore. My take-home pay goes down every year because the republicans in charge of Wisconsin take all government functions for granted. Plus my two kids are getting very, very expensive.
ReplyDeleteKing, why the dog pubs? And the NYRB is phenomenal.
Agreed about the New Yorker, Mike. It is the best of the best.
Bill
I get the dog pubs because of Coco, Francine and Christina's dog, who I am like a "father" to and who I love very much
DeleteSorry I missed this. I had the blog open on my laptop until it pooped out sometime near the end of November, but here I am again. Sorry, Tom, that I said that no one was posting when last I saw you.
ReplyDeleteBecky is the subscriber in the family, I'm sorry to say, and although she subscribes to some fun stuff, she does most of it electronically and I forget (or am too lazy) to take a look there. I also seem to have only a little time for personal reading and most of that is devoted directly to books. I do get one magazine from my membership in the Medieval Academy of America -- Speculum, a name that strikes horror to Becky. The articles are good, but usually pretty specific to medieval studies, and even then, pretty specific, but I've managed to use a few articles for my research. I tried a pilot's magazine some time ago when I was flying and a baseball collector's digest when I was doing that, but I found it hard to finish the articles. But I do enjoy books...