I was going to answer him as well; sorry for the thread jack. I bought Nat Geo subscription about 10 years ago for my then 8 year old daughter. This was prompted by my love for them as a kid. My grandmother had every issue in a closet back to Perry at the pole (which I still have).
A new crew had come in and every EVERY article had some nasty anti-American, anti-capitalist blather in it. Front to back. Oh, plenty of advertising still, wouldn’t want to starve or anything. I cancelled after two years and told them explicitly why.
Back to mummies and their letting it all hang out.
I second your sentiments - unfortunately, my subscription is a gift from my dad, so I still experience the sharp rise in blood-pressure each month when Nat’l Geographic is delivered.
I have no idea where the crew came from but they’ve infected some fine periodicals like The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Travel and Leisure. As a design and construction professional, I have noticed these folks have overwhelmed any possible opposition to or questioning of Al Gore’s AGW groupthink.
The NRA’s American Hunter magazine had a wondeful tribute to Charlton Heston; you certainly don’t see that anywhere else. Along with other hunting and auto publications, that’s about all I read in non-news periodicals.