That sounds about the right time frame. I had subscribed to USSUNR in those days because it was the only newsmagazine that appeared even remotely non-partisan. Time and Newsweak had long before sold their souls to the lefties.
The change in "perspective" of the mag changed palpably, and I dropped my subscription shortly thereafter.
I was also a faithful reader of USNWR until then.
Thank God for Jim Robinson and FreeRepublic.
There were a few years there in the chasm that I felt like I was the only sane, conservative person remaining. I have found my home here.