When faced with a choice between two equal products, one Canadian and one American, I always choose Canada. News magazines, unfortunately, are not made equal. Time fails to inspire me, but Maclean's is even worse with headlines such as "Lady, what will it take to get you to breed?" Um, better pick-up lines?

The article is actually well-written and interesting (I later read it on-line), but they blew any chance of my buying their magazine with the headline. I see your lame attempt to boost readeship with sensationalism, and I raise you: one middle finger.

Anyway, I bought the only inoffensive magazine on the rack, Newsweek. Thank you Americans, our friendly neighbours to the south, for publishing interesting and well-written magazines such as the Utne Reader and Newsweek.

At least Canadians are responsible for the excellent Chatelaine. This magazine has the singular honour of being the only women's magazine that doesn't pretend we have the same body type as members of the Formicidae family. If anyone can find me a currently publishing North American women's magazine equal to Chatelaine's quality, I will write a poem in your honour. Bonus stanzas if it's Canadian.

I didn't buy Newsweek only because it manages not to suck. It actually manages to be quite awesome. The main article, The Mystery of Gender, looks very intriguing, and the letters and other articles have been excellent so far.

I love reading, and magazines are great when you want to learn something, and you're also staying up too late reading novels. A magazine article will hopefully shorten the time I spend reading when I should be sleeping.

And I'm not kidding about the poem you know.