Reccomend me a magazine

Zsetrek

So, my National Geographic subscription that I've had since I was a kid has lapsed. I'm not particularly interested in NG anymore (although I will miss the photography/nature articles), and I'd like to subscribe to a different magazine. Trouble is, I'm not sure which one.

I want something focused on hard news/current affairs with a significant slant towards world news. Something with big feature articles and insightful commentary. Does such a creature exist?

(Not TIME)

Nocren

My advice would be to look into foreign magazines. We as Americans tend to be self-centered on things.

While I was overseas it was nice to watch CNNi and be given a different view on worldy affairs.

Zsetrek

I'm not American, but yeah - the Americana of NG is one of the things that's progressively interested me less and less.

YosemiteSam

If you subscribe to The Economist you will impress everyone around you with how smart and well-informed you are.

Zsetrek

YosemiteSam wrote:

If you subscribe to The Economist you will impress everyone around you with how smart and well-informed you are.

The Economist website suggests you might be right.

kaliyama

I love the economist, but I really loathe their domestic coverage and they are a bit too glossy on some things, and rarely cover anything too deeply. For me, the holy trinity is:
1) The Economist (world affairs sound bites, politics)
2) The New Yorker (Arts, society, culture, great short fiction and the occasional fantastic Seymour Hersh article on domestic issues)
3) Harper's/Atlantic Monthly for in-depth looks at different topics in American politics and culture.

Zsetrek

Well, domestic US coverage isn't a dealbreaker for me. I guess I'll just pick up an issue of all three and see which one catches my interest the most.

YosemiteSam

Zsetrek wrote:

YosemiteSam wrote:

If you subscribe to The Economist you will impress everyone around you with how smart and well-informed you are.

The Economist website suggests you might be right.

Seriously. Although you might not be able to make yourself read it every week--it's no Newsweek, it's much harder to read.

Thanatos

The Economist kicks ass.

The New Yorker is snobby, uppity tripe.

romanqwerty

Im a big fan of the New Scientist. I don't know if its really what your looking for since its more focused on the scientific community. Also i believe we get a differant issue here in AUS.

It isnt really my cup of tea but i have heard great things baout the New Internationalist if your concerned about world affairs etc.

bsjezz

You're in Australia, right Zsetrek? Have you checked out The Monthly? It's a pretty good source for 'literary journalism' as my professor likes to call it - and I've read a few compelling articles taken from it. Never read a whole issue but it's probably worth having a flip through at the newsagent to see if it's your thing.

Zsetrek

bsjezz wrote:

You're in Australia, right Zsetrek? Have you checked out The Monthly? It's a pretty good source for 'literary journalism' as my professor likes to call it - and I've read a few compelling articles taken from it. Never read a whole issue but it's probably worth having a flip through at the newsagent to see if it's your thing.

OOh, David Marr as a coloumnist? Colour me intrigued.

tony_important

I misread the OP, I'm withdrawing my suggestion..

Reiten

Given that the OP said "hard news/current affairs" and "world news" there is only one option that I know of: The Economist. So I would also strongly recommend it.

The American weekly magazines are largely glitz and only cover US domestic or US foreign-related topics (i.e., Iraq, US relationship w/ Russia). International versions (Time Asia, etc) are a little better, but still devoted to giving big graphics rather than insightful commentary. The Economist covers the world and is intelligently written (and doesn't have all the slick graphics that take up entire pages).

QuarterMaster

While The Economist is definitely a great magazine, I would have to recommend The Atlantic Monthly. My dad gets it, so I read it on the side, and almost all the articles are extremely in-depth and well written.

Bewis

I have to thank The Economist for causing me to really reconsider my political beliefs and realize that a good chunk of my personal ideology was based on very shoddy logic. I definetly can't call myself a straight-up liberal anymore. Fantastic magazine (although I admit I tend to skim the economic section at best, just not my cup of tea really).

Spaz

YosemiteSam wrote:

If you subscribe to The Economist you will impress everyone around you with how smart and well-informed you are.

For reals. The Economist is a great magazine, definitely subscribe.

JWFokker

I think you'll like Juggs Magazine better than the other suggestions made in this thread. It's not as focused on world news as The Economist, but it's certainly a better magazine than National Geographic.