A couple of months ago Salon offered a free subscription to Rolling Stone magazine. Though I'm completely not into music, I figured it was worth a try - and Mike could like it. I ended up becoming a fan.
I still skip all the music stuff - but each issue has one or two serious articles that are very well researched and written. Some recent ones have included an expose of Scientology, Duke's mysogenist culture, Neocons attempts to start a war with Iran and the Pentagon spy complex. I don't know that the magazine is worth buying just for these articles, but if you like music you might want to subscribe to it.