A Thinking Person's Magazine with a Liberal slant
A review of Harper's Magazine, December 11, 2007
Submitted by: K.T. from Bend, OR

Harper's offers intelligent articles about the world from Iraq and other hots spots to the lastest development in science, medicine, or history, etc.   There is a monthly fiction piece, modern day or from another decade such as lost chapters from A Death in the Family.

Each month there are several short reading from the mundane to the quirky by famous living or dead people or by obscure people.  There are also reviews in- depth about new books and pieces about critics and writers. 

For entertainment, there is a Puzzle from various people on such subjects as Body Parts or whatever.  When completed, the reader may enter the puzzle in a contest in which the first, three correct solutions win a year's subscription to Harper' s.  Additional entertainment includes the back page Findings about an esoteric subject or the Harper's Index, which offers  numbers about various topics, such as "number of seconds it takes a synthetic Christmas tree to burn" and the answer, 32. 

There are also occasional poems tucked about.

A leisurely month's reading, ensuring added knowledge, entertainment, humor and pathos, and a challenge or two.

One of the best opinion magazines there is
A review of Harper's Magazine, December 10, 2007
Submitted by: Sandra from Yorba Linda, CA

Harper's consistently uses top writers for investigative reports,  its opinion articles and its fiction (personally,  I'd like to see more fiction).  Like The New Yorker, Harper's reports on world events that seem to miss the daily press.  We're particularly fond of former editor Lewis Lapham's essays, and of course, the Index is great fun.  The magazine leans left,  but relies strongly on documented evidence its presentations.

Essential magazines
A review of Harper's Magazine, December 10, 2007
Submitted by: Jim from Denver

There are three essential magazines for an informed citizen: The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Harpers.

Vital Information!
A review of Harper's Magazine, December 10, 2007
Submitted by: McBain

Harper's is an unsurpasses source of what's really going on in the world today.  The articles are indepth and well-researched, providing information far beyond what is presented in the mainstream media.  With "the news" becoming nothing more than "infotainment", magazines like Harper's are a vital source of real information.  They also include meticulous sources and critical analysis to support the material presented.

Overall Review of Magazines
A review of Harper's Magazine, December 7, 2007
Submitted by: Juwel the Dog from Tucson, AZ

I read Harpers as often as possible, not just to be informed, but to get a liberal perspective of what is going on in the world.  I also subscribe to conservative magazines as well.  What I look for when reading any magazine or book that deals with political subjects is the complete and utter lack of adjectives. Harpers scores very high in this regard, for (in my mind at least) the more adjectives an article has, the lower the level of objectivity. 
What I also look for are footnotes at the end of an article.  Obviously, Harpers does not always includes footnotes.  But it should.  Also, every article should be open to commentary by people who do not nesessary agree with the arguments stated in he article.  This would make Harpers, in my mind, a much better magazine.
One last thing, and that is that the writing in Harpers should be as far removed from propraganda and emotion as possible (in other words, as far removed from the tactics of both Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh).  When tonality has an effect on intelligence, logic, and objectivitity, I have learned to ignote it.

Take care,
John Scott Schwab
jspsjohn@comcast.net