The Nation Magazine

Pros: Well written, well-reasoned articles that discuss the major problems of our times

Cons: Too left for Rush Limbaugh

The Bottom Line: Buy this magazine if you want to read the liberal point of view.

Review: As a liberal who lives in the heart of "the red zone" of West Texas (our current prez grew up 20 miles from where I live), I often feel like the proverbial pair of brown shoes in a roomful of tuxedos (a line I stole from George Gobel on the Tonight ...

Pros: it's for serious people

Cons: it's not for everyone

Review: i hoped others reviewing this magazine would recognize more fully the scope and reach of this magazine. while its opinions are most often liberal they are also well-reasoned and accurate but allow for dissent in the well managed letters section....

Pros: Hard hitting leftist political news

Cons: too short

Review: If you feel like something's missing from the nightly news, and you're sick of the Monica Lewinsky stories (or whatever breathless new thing has taken the newscasters' fancy) you should check out The Nation. Molly Ivens, Jim Hightower, Katha Pollit, and...

Pros: Great writing

Cons: ... none....

Review:
"Those of us who are readers and subscribers of The Nation are deeply indebted to it for all it has done to make the discussion of vital issues of our day and our age a reality." --Martin Luther King Jr.

The Nation - America's...

Pros: progressive breath of fresh air

Cons: some columnists take it too far

Review: Sure, The Nation has spotty editorial quality sometimes. And I sometimes just read some of the columnists like Alexander Cockburn for their off-the-wall political gunslinging. But overall, this is a wonderful publication. Even if every issue contained jus ...

Pros: Alternative, scathing, culturally astute and, of course, leftist.

Cons: Tabloidish, knee-jerk timidity on too many current crisis and not enough truly radical voices.

Review: First, some oft-requested details about the contents of the magazine for those of you who have never read it. The Nation is a progressive-left alternavtive weekly magazine (or journal, if you prefer) that includes a Letters to the Editor section, an...

Pros: Well-written, Insightful, Progressive

Cons: Not Well-Circulated Enough To Make a Difference

The Bottom Line: "The Nation." is a weekly magazine that cuts to the heart of issues by actually exploring the facts as opposed to simply going along with the mainstream.

Review: It might seem like an oxymoron to say that a publication is both progressive and unbiased, but the truth is, the way the news industry is today, it is a radical notion to present news without a severe bias, usually presenting the story without any regard ...

Pros: Fresh views on current events; reasonably priced; Columnists are very timely and intelligent.

Cons: Will irritate Republicans (is this really a Con) and not printed on great paper.

The Bottom Line: A fine liberal magazine, offering great articles, book reviews and excellent columnists (Patricia Williams, Naomi Klein, Jonathan Schell, et. al)

Review: As George Bush has risen himself up from the ashes of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, taking full political advantage of those American lives lost on that day while refusing to have his party pay for the destruction (look how much money New York ...

Pros: Great articles

Cons: logic sometimes flawed

Review: Sometimes it seems as if The Nation has been around forever. It is the preeminent magazine of the American left, and has been for decades.
The articles in The Nation are well written, if at times a bit dense to wade through. Of course that cannot be...

Pros: some things are well written

Cons: no attempt at partiality

The Bottom Line: For the liberal viewpoint only

Review: Many political magazines will make the effort to be bipartisan or impartial in their coverage of political events. They want to be able to present both sides of an argument. Some magazines will be very unabashed in their dedication to one side of ...