Political Magazines and ....

Political Magazines

As I mentioned earlier, I subscribe to three magazines--The Nation, National Review, and The American Conservative. I've now had time to read four issues of The American Conservative, two issues of National Review and one issue of The Nation.

The Nation is liberal, how far liberal? Well if 1 is ultra liberal and 10 is ultra conservative then The Nation is about a 4. National Review is a neo-con magazine, although it is not the flagship magazine of neo-cons (the would be The Weekly Standard), its articles still advance the neo-con agenda. On my political chart, I would place it at about a 8. The American Conservative is Pat Buchanan's magazine. It pretty much follows the Libertarian line. I'd give it about a 7.

All three have interesting articles. The American Conservative is a smaller magazine than the other two. Only about 35 pages an issue, bi-montly. National Review usually has about 60-70 pages and also has an excellent website. There are some very good columnists at NR. My favorite is Mark Steyn. He's a full-bore neo-con. Unrepentant and consistent. The Nation is good reading when you get tired of the same political arguments in the other two magazines. It's about the same size as NR, but with longer articles.

I enjoy all three magazines. More later...

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Magazine Subscriptions

So what magazines do I subscribe to? There are three magazines I subscribe to right now:

• The American Conservative
• National Review
• The Nation
  

And now you may ask? Is RH a conservative, a neo-con or a liberatarian? Well, I don't rightly know yet. I'm still reading up on it. Many of my reviews reflect those in The American Conservative, some in National Review and ... I haven't read my first copy of The Nation yet. I am also reading George Nash's seminal work, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America: Since 1945. So, when I am able to better formulate my political ideas I will, of course, inform you as to what I believe. I am also considering subscribing to a liberal magazine. If anyone has any suggestions, I am listening.

Changes Afoot

Going to begin adding movie reviews, comments on observations and talk about many of the things I used to talk about on GoldToken.com Why? Figure I'm getting a little tired of that site. I'm going to finish off my games, maybe play a game or two once in awhile and move on. Reasons? Many. Some of them are I'm tired of the level of discourse there. Yeah, it's a family site, but that doesn't mean it has to be so boring, so trivial, so uninteresting. Example: I post a comment on celebrity split ups on the Critics DB and the thread degenerates into a testimonial on the longevity of a marriage by a member. Uh, yawn... No witty comments, just that. Other DBs are not much better. On the Politics DB we have a person who reads an article, makes a snap judgement, and posts an entirely predictable response. It's all just so boring now. Other things are annoying too. Playing chess and checkers against the top rated players there is, and I think this may be the case for all correspondence type games, a waste of time. Most, if not all, of the top players in chess use databases and chess engines. So, who am I playing? Certainly not the person listed across the board. And in checkers we have a person who is obviously using a program--one does not muddle along at a certain rating and then suddenly gain 300 points. It doesn't happen.

Other changes coming up too. I will be changing my ISP. I've had Comcast cable for a couple years. They and Time Warner have switched monopolistic areas and now I have the latter. Problem is the price. $45 for cable and $10 for basic cable TV--with tax and other charges-$62, is not good. I've decided to go with Verizon DSL, a Verizon land phone line and DishTV for about the same price because although the Internet connection is slower, I will get a full lineup of television channels--which I'm not getting with Time Warner. I need a broadband connection because I subscribe to the HP Rhapsody subscription music service. However, I'm considering whether I need any of this. Wouldn't dialup and less online time be better? Get out and see the world, read books in my free time--this seems better. Life is short. Sitting in front of a computer all day and night seems like a huge waste of time.

So, there you have it. Changes afoot. I'll now be updating this site regularly. If anyone is actually reading it, stay tuned...

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