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Reason Magazine
Mar. 25th, 2003 04:38 pmI'm giving up on my once-favorite magazine. It had been *the* libertarian magazine for a while, but now it's been taken over by ostrich-isolationist wing of the libertarians. Sigh. So I'm not renewing my subscription.
Naturally this got me regular renewal notices, the latest with a "personal note" from the publisher asking me to renew. I figured that deserved a response:
Dear Mr. Alissi,
The last renewal request I received included a note from you, so I thought I should write to explain why I'm letting my Reason subscription expire.
I used to be thrilled when my new issue arrived. It tackled issues I didn't see discussed anywhere else, important ones that should be dealt with. The articles also had suggestions on how to fix the problems, much better ideas than I'd see elsewhere.
Now I flip through and see that the most important issue of the day--surviving as a free people--is ignored or treated to dismissive comments with no ideas for a better way to do it. Ron Bailey's science articles are still fascinating, but it's hard to care about urine testing, steroids, or Jesus figurines when I can't be sure my daughter will live to adulthood without someone trying to kill her for being an "infidel."
I've seen a lot of libertarian approaches to our defense--reconstituting the militia, using networks of bloggers to analyze intelligence data, directly educating children in Arab countries--but not in the pages of Reason. If you do decide to publish a magazine that tackles how to survive and be free at the same time, please be certain that I'll buy it.
Karl Gallagher
Naturally this got me regular renewal notices, the latest with a "personal note" from the publisher asking me to renew. I figured that deserved a response:
Dear Mr. Alissi,
The last renewal request I received included a note from you, so I thought I should write to explain why I'm letting my Reason subscription expire.
I used to be thrilled when my new issue arrived. It tackled issues I didn't see discussed anywhere else, important ones that should be dealt with. The articles also had suggestions on how to fix the problems, much better ideas than I'd see elsewhere.
Now I flip through and see that the most important issue of the day--surviving as a free people--is ignored or treated to dismissive comments with no ideas for a better way to do it. Ron Bailey's science articles are still fascinating, but it's hard to care about urine testing, steroids, or Jesus figurines when I can't be sure my daughter will live to adulthood without someone trying to kill her for being an "infidel."
I've seen a lot of libertarian approaches to our defense--reconstituting the militia, using networks of bloggers to analyze intelligence data, directly educating children in Arab countries--but not in the pages of Reason. If you do decide to publish a magazine that tackles how to survive and be free at the same time, please be certain that I'll buy it.
Karl Gallagher
