Think About Subscribing. Again.

My editors at the Atlantic have never put pressure on me to hawk any product or call attention to anything in the print magazine or even to shill for subscriptions.

That's one of the reasons I thought I'd take it upon myself to ask you, readers of this reported blog on politics, to think about subscribing to the magazine.

It's a privilege to be associated with a publication that was founded as a clarion call to the nation's conscience.  A magazine that got Iraq right. A magazine that produced the best argument for Barack Obama and the most serious and thoughtful exposition of John McCain's thinking. An accurate preview of the presidential debates. And those Hillary Clinton stories: my initial thought was... I'm jealous of Josh Green's sources! They even publish my schlock from time-to-time.

I'll concede the point: you can get read the Atlantic for free on the website. But reading the magazine is an experience. And today, with the nexus of the economy focused on Washington, with an administration facing epochal challenges... it's an experience that I think more people should share.

If you haven't checked out the print magazine lately, not only are you missing really terrific, forward-looking articles about everything that matters and a redesign that's pretty freakin' cool, you're missing the cachet that comes with being to say, "I'm a subscriber to the Atlantic," which is even more prestigious than being able to say, "I'm a writer for the Atlantic."  (I've tried both in bars.)

And then there's Jeffrey Goldberg's advice column,  which reads even better on the printed page than it does on the web.

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