Reasons why I will not be renewing my Time subscription this year:

1. Charles Krauthammer. This guy will defend Bush no matter what he does. Some of his recent columns:

a) Why Bush should not go to the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq
b) Why Bush should not accept that he made any mistakes at all
c) Why people who never went to war make better War Presidents than decorated war heroes
d) Why the American President has practically no control over the economy.

(Prediction: you can expect his next column to say that the Americans were actually doing the Iraqis a favour by torturing them. Otherwise how will the Iraqis learn discipline and humility?)

2. Joe Klein's faint praise for Kerry, while taking every opportunity to belittle the Democrats.

3. The vapid articles about Japanese (and other Asian) pop stars. Like I give a rat's ass that Tammy Ho's latest Cantonese album sold three million copies, or that Lucy Lulu has dyed his/her/its hair pale pink.

4. The pro-Israeli tilt (I noticed this first during their coverage of the Jenin massacre).

5. For publishing letters like this

6. Devoting needless space to report on the antics of people like Britney Spears, Ozzy Ozbourne and Jennifer Lopez.

7. Serving as a role model for India Today (don't even get me started on India Today. Suffice it to say that they have shamelessly plagiarised Time's style and content. Want an example? See the Milestones section in both the magazines. You'll know what I mean).

8. For omitting Noam Chomsky from the list of 100 most influential people in the world.