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50 BEST MAGAZINES (as per the Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune ^ | 6/15/06

Posted on 06/15/2006 1:50:09 PM PDT by Borges

We drew from all quarters of the periodicals universe in compiling this year's selections. And what can we say about the choices? They're eclectic, accessible and they reflect the tastes of folks who spend a lot of their time immersed in the world of words and images. But magazines are changing a bunch. In the last 12 months, we saw the curtains drawn on Cargo and Organic Style, which made our cut in 2005. Yet some, like gracefully aging performers, remain on the stage: The Atlantic and Harper's. We still like them, as our list shows. But our selections are meant to be a conversation starter, so look them over, then tell us which magazines would be on your list.

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the Top 10 are...

1. The Economist.
2. Dwell.
3. Wired.
4. The New Yorker.
5. ESPN the magazine.
6. Esquire.
7. Consumer Reports.
8. Blender.
9. Gourmet.
10. The Atlantic.
1 posted on 06/15/2006 1:50:10 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

My List

America's First Freedom
Boy's Life (my kids)
Citizen
Bicycling
Family handyman
Popular Mechanics


2 posted on 06/15/2006 1:52:09 PM PDT by cyclotic (Support MS research-Sponsor my Ride-https://www.nationalmssociety.org//MIG/personal/default.asp?pa=4)
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To: Borges

No SI in the top 10?


3 posted on 06/15/2006 1:52:44 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - WTFO)
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To: cyclotic

Forgot to add Reader's Digest. Right from the mailbox to the bathroom


4 posted on 06/15/2006 1:54:29 PM PDT by cyclotic (Support MS research-Sponsor my Ride-https://www.nationalmssociety.org//MIG/personal/default.asp?pa=4)
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To: Borges

Gourmet is good. I'll vote for it. New Yorker was my favorite for a few years.


5 posted on 06/15/2006 1:55:38 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: cyclotic
My addition: The Weekly World News

My heart belongs to Batboy.

;)

6 posted on 06/15/2006 1:55:53 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Borges

Hello! National Review? The Weekly Standard?

And another one I subscribe to, The Hockey News...


7 posted on 06/15/2006 1:56:53 PM PDT by BaBaStooey (I heart Emma Caulfield.)
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7. Consumer Reports.

Consumer Reports is insufferable. Often I have flung the magazine long and far after reading CR extol the "peppy" acceleration of "snazzy" cars.

8 posted on 06/15/2006 1:57:46 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Borges

Can't go wrong with 'bigguns'.
9 posted on 06/15/2006 1:57:59 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: cyclotic

I subscribed to Boys Life when I was a kid. I loved that magazine.


10 posted on 06/15/2006 1:58:07 PM PDT by SaveTheChief ("This one goes to eleven.")
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To: Borges

I'd add The Week (UK edition). Not a fan their US version at all. Dwell is great if you're a fan of modern architecture and design.


11 posted on 06/15/2006 2:02:36 PM PDT by mgstarr
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To: Borges
What? No Cycle World?
12 posted on 06/15/2006 2:03:07 PM PDT by JoeGar
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I do like Dwell and Wierd (minus the lib BS

Blender is OK when you're in line at the checkout and the only other thing to read involves what Hollyweird flak is having a baby this week. No Advertising Age or Sky & Telescope?
13 posted on 06/15/2006 2:03:12 PM PDT by VanDeKoik (Fitzmas Has Been Canceled.)
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To: Borges

You mean "Big 'Uns" didn't make the list?


14 posted on 06/15/2006 2:03:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: JoeGar

...or TWO?

Awesome bike mag with great interviews.


15 posted on 06/15/2006 2:04:15 PM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: Roscoe Karns

Darn it, somebody always beats me to the MWC references. :)


16 posted on 06/15/2006 2:04:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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18. VegNews. This hard-hitting ... vegetarian staple ... informs readers of everything from which ballparks serve veggie dogs and burgers to a forthcoming KFC in India with vegetarian dishes.

I'll race right out to my newsstand for this one.

17 posted on 06/15/2006 2:07:43 PM PDT by JoeGar
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To: Borges

GRIT Where is GRIT? One of the best.


18 posted on 06/15/2006 2:10:51 PM PDT by scandalon
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To: Borges

Dr Dobbs
The Hockey News
Military History
American Rifleman
Sceptical Enquirer


19 posted on 06/15/2006 2:15:17 PM PDT by rahbert
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To: Borges

Fine Woodworking
Water Flying
American Luthier


20 posted on 06/15/2006 2:22:45 PM PDT by Aeronaut ("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
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