a quick survey of a typical issue of this magazine will show that it offer well write , leftist orient write present seemingly for a audience of very well off , financially secure urbanite , who if fortunate be ideally situate in Manhattan . the magazine often espouse a leftist critique of we nasty capitalist society and feature ad for silly product that only a certain segment of that comfy financially secure class of educate professional who receive much benefit from that nasty capitalism could consider acquire . have say as much , I be a repeat subscriber and enjoy the fine , creative and often insightful writing . feature like Thomas Frank 's , cranky , snarky and entertaining `` Easy Chair '' , `` Harper 's index '' and `` finding '' alone make the magazine worth a subscription . the fact that there be such a variety of literature to read in each issue from poetry to investigative journalism also make this a magazine to have .