While I think you may be right, I wish you could find a way to say it which is evidence based, and something we can look at more deeply. Because right now, what you said carries the preface: "In my personal opinion"
I read the atlantic precisely because I am sure it doesn't align with my non-US, world view. I want to understand what vaguely rightist, middle-of-the-road corporates and old school william buckley types think. I don't mind reading things I may disagree with. I'm tired of reading things grounded in fantasy which is what Fox sells. At least the atlantic is grounded in a version of ground-truth I can usually get behind, and is clear when its opinions, or reflecting opinionated sources.
I want to understand what vaguely rightist, middle-of-the-road corporates and old school william buckley types think.
Wow, that's wild. I don't think you are reading the right magazine for that. Atlantic is vaguely left of center, middle of the road oligarchic old school Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ish. It's a good read! But will tell you nothing about the right. If you want that, just read National Review, or The Dispatch for something a little more modern.
If its "left" I'm a dutchman. It's as middle-of-the-road as it can be, and for me, thats right of center. National Review is foaming at the mouth.
Remember I said I'm not an american, I don't regard "liberal" as a slur of the right against the left, in Australia the "liberal" party are the rightists.
Your relative liberalness is irrelevant if your goal is what you said it was, " I want to understand what vaguely rightist, middle-of-the-road corporates and old school william buckley types think."
Do you want to understand the center left in the US? Then read the Atlantic. If you are trying to understand the center right, you are going to get nothing from the Atlantic.
Was standing "Against Trump" foaming at the mouth, or was that center right?
I guess this just depends what you really want. The Atlantic is a good magazine that will have articles that may challenge some of your views from a left of center American POV. If you want right of center you need to go to places like National Review or the Dispatch, WSJ editorial page, or maybe Commentary. These are all center right publications, that are still middle of the road enough to voice opposition to Trump, which puts them left of the majority of the country.
Anything they print on the topic you think is plausible should be corroborated relatively deeply. The Alfa Bank BS is amazing.
Putin sucks.