I would like to classify myself as a moderate but I probably lean conservative . because of that , I subscribe to Harpers so that I could read good writing that would challenge my belief and stretch my mind in new way . I get that , more or less , at first , but over the course of a couple of year the magazine drift further and further to a leftist propaganda screed , the worst of which be Louis Lapham 's bitter drivel editorial . it get to a point where the writing be incredibly predictable ; I know exactly what position -lrb- read : left of pelosus -rrb- the writer -- any writer in Harpers -- would take on whatever the issue be , and I have a pretty good idea of what the line of whine would be . if you attend dinner party on the Upper East Side ; if you drive a Prius to the Oscars ; if you think commercial organic farming be a environmental travesty ; if you have ever desecrate a Starbucks , then look no more -- this magazine be for you . however , if you be dumbfounded at how the Republicans can keep win election -- and then you realize they have the democratic party as opponent ; if you realize the genius of George Bush and Karl Rove be in get liberal to underestimate George Bush and Karl Rove ; if you want to read smart , insightful write that will inform and entertain , then try the Atlantic monthly -lrb- which , by the way , I be surprise to see reviewer describe as a liberal magazine ; I think it be moderate , and if anything , a bit on the conservative side . -rrb- needless to say , I let my Harpers subscription lapse . two star , tho , for the Harper 's Index -- however , that be not worth the price of a subscription -lrb- it get to be the only thing worth anything for the price of the subscription -rrb- .