Why Read The Washington Monthly?
Are you fed up with the imperial Bush White House? The timid Democrats? The spinnable national media? Well, now is the time to join people such as Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Garry Trudeau, Molly Ivins, Bill Clinton, and the producers of "60 Minutes" and "The West Wing" who turn to The Washington Monthly each month for journalism that isn't afraid to shake some sense into the system. If, like them, you're hungry for the inside scoop on what's really happening in Washington and what can be done about it, you need our incisive and original coverage.
We're not a subsidiary of some giant corporation, or a mouthpiece for ideologues. We're an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to take on sacred cows--liberal and conservative.
Recently, we revealed that President Bush, who claims he doesn't read polls, has a $1 million-a-year polling operation. We explained why Sen. John McCain, if he wants to be president, should switch parties and run as a Democrat. And we showed why the Bush administration is foolish to wage war on terrorism without enlisting our European allies in the fight.
The Washington Monthly ferrets out the important stories you won't find elsewhere--on politics, government, and culture, by some of the brightest writers and commentators in the business, including James Fallows, Nicholas Lemann, Michelle Cottle, Jeff Greenfield, Paul Begala, and Joseph Epstein. And we do it all with style and wit. No wonder The New York Times calls us "a must read," and presidential historian Michael Beschloss says the Monthly "holds up a deadly accurate mirror to the Washington political culture, exposing its hypocrisies, stupidities, and unexpected triumphs."
In the War of Ideas, We Have The Weapons.
Quite simply, The Washington Monthly is the most insightful magazine on politics and government in America. And these days, with war, elections, and a possible recession looming, our in-depth coverage has never been more important. We won't waste your time on tired partisan debate about the need for more government or less government--when what America really needs is better government.
Instead of cynically tearing down institutions and programs, we offer innovative solutions: how to get the best people to work for the government and how to get the best government for the people; how to get teachers who can teach and social workers who can make welfare reform work. We believe in the great American traditions of civic responsibility, caring for the down and out, and giving the average person a break. Bill Clinton says our editors have "a passion for ideas and policies that transcend party and ideology to focus on what works."
The Washington Monthly poses the big questions and tries to answer them. How to make capitalism work for everyone. How to achieve universal health care. How to provide for the baby boomers' retirement in a way that doesn't bankrupt their children. That's why The New York Observer says, "Anyone who gives a damn about this country must subscribe."
When you become a reader of The Washington Monthly, you'll no longer have to wait for the press pack to find the story--because we usually get there first:
- Last June, we made the case against unilaterally invading Iraq and for confronting Saddam through the U.N.--four months before the Bush administration, and the rest of Washington, came to the same conclusion.
- In October, when the press and both parties were predicting no substantial change in the upcoming midterms, we predicted an historic shift in the balance of power: total control by the GOP of all three branches of government for the first time since 1929.
- Two months before September 11, we showed that the CIA lacked enough analysts with the imagination and language skills to spot looming threats.
Who writes for The Washington Monthly?
Brilliant minds and best-sellers, many of whom got their start at the magazine, including: Michael Kinsley, Jonathan Alter, Gregg Easterbrook, Timothy Noah, Taylor Branch, Mickey Kaus, Katherine Boo, James Bennet, Walter Shapiro, David Ignatius, Suzannah Lessard, and Jason DeParle. When The Chicago Tribune picked 11 all-stars of the "new New Journalism," eight had gotten their start at The Washington Monthly.
Other publications frown on journalists who work in government. We welcome them. After all, the best way to understand how the system works is to work there yourself.
Before starting the magazine, Monthly founder Charles Peters was a bureaucrat, a legislator, a lawyer, and a soldier. In the spirit of I.F. Stone, Peters uses that experience to point out what works and what doesn't in his column "Tilting at Windmills."
New editor-in-chief Paul Glastris has worked on both sides of the system. He covered national politics and foreign affairs for ten years at U.S. News & World Report, then served in the White House as President Bill Clinton's senior speechwriter.
We get the inside story by having insiders write the stories, including:
We also turn our best writers loose on books, movies, art, and American life. The result is feisty culture coverage you won't find anywhere else, including:
Who Reads The Washington Monthly?
Time says our magazine is "must reading at the White House and on Capitol Hill," and and The Washington Post says our magazine is "setting off the Beltway buzzmeter." Even the conservative Weekly Standard calls us "smart." If you subscribe, you'll join people like Tom Brokaw, Dick Cheney, Tom Daschle, Jimmy Carter, Joe Klein, Ellen Goodman, and thousands of others who want the inside stories weeks or months before they appear in the mainstream media. That's why James Carville says, "If you only get one magazine subscription this year, buy The Washington Monthly. If you're getting another, buy two."
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