"Scientific American" Scientific? with vague pynchonian allusions

[JBFRAME at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/16/1999 2:15:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mwaia at yahoo.com writes:
 
 << Isn't the entire Scientific American enterprise sad these days?  It
  seems to chase the same readers Popular Science did in the 60's.  And
  the graphics -- Don't get me started.... >>
 
 And, yes, at my local Safeway, SA is right up there with the Weekly World 
News and the Globe & National Inquirer.  A lot of former quasi-highbrow zines 
have been lowering (whoring?) themselves of late.  Harper's & Atlantic 
Monthly are offered in the magazine section at the above mentioned market.  
Most large news stands, in San Francisco at least, are even selling National 
Geographic.
 In a way, though, that's good, but only if the publications keep to their 
standards.  I haven't seen the offending issue of SA.
 
 jbf