For the pretentious 21 year olds in your life

I recently subscribed to the New Republic because I wanted more analysis of the news. You get about 4 pages of that, albeit in a very snarky and snide manner. The rest of the magazine is all about the staff patting themselves on their back for being so "good." I'll get to the political slant later on, but my main problem with this publication is that it seems like it's written by a bunch of college kids (or people who wish they're still in college) who subscribe to only one way of thinking and all others be damned. It's written as if assuming that you agree entirely with their opinion and if you (as the reader) do not agree with them, then you're too stupid for their magazine.

Furthermore, the back pages of this magazine are even dumber. Their music reviews basically review music that nobody will listen to just to show how hip they are. It is all very self indulgent. In fact, this whole magazine is very self indulgent.

Now, on to the political slant. This is the saddest part. This magazines liberal bias has made me LESS of a liberal than before I got the subscription. Their smug attitude just completely turns me off on their viewpoint and I find myself disagreeing with them just because I don't like their tone.

Stick with something classier like the Economist or something.