I’m sorry to hear your board of directors gave you “a ringing endorsement” of your current editorial direction. It is for just that reason I’m letting my subscription lapse. I’ve been bothered by the increasingly strident and anti-Republican tone of your periodical as well as the sophomoric stereotyping of your articles. The confirmation you intend to continue this policy only reinforces my decision. If I want to read Bush-bashing, there are many other magazines more adept at it than you.

I’m afraid you’ve given up an important niche in spanning the divide between those of divergent opinions. It is a sophisticated position of balance you used to occupy, but no longer.

Bruce Burns
Sheridan, Wyoming

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It’s over between us

by Bruce Burns, High Country News
July 19, 2004

<h1>It’s over between us</h1> <p class="byline">by Bruce Burns, High Country News <br />July 19, 2004</p> <p>I’m sorry to hear your board of directors gave<br /> you “a ringing endorsement” of your current editorial direction. It<br /> is for just that reason I’m letting my subscription lapse.<br /> I’ve been bothered by the increasingly strident and<br /> anti-Republican tone of your periodical as well as the sophomoric<br /> stereotyping of your articles. The confirmation you intend to<br /> continue this policy only reinforces my decision. If I want to read<br /> Bush-bashing, there are many other magazines more adept at it than<br /> you. </p> <p> I’m afraid you’ve given up an important<br /> niche in spanning the divide between those of divergent opinions.<br /> It is a sophisticated position of balance you used to occupy, but<br /> no longer. </p> <p><b>Bruce Burns</b><br /> Sheridan, Wyoming </p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=188920">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">It's over between us</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-278/its-over-between-us/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=110397&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-278/its-over-between-us/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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