At the very least, I hope these are free-range badgers that are allowed to roam happily about the forest, before they are hunted down and robbed of either their life or their bristles. I'd hate to think these badgers were cruelly raised in some Tyson-like badger-factory farm just so some Yuppie with too much disposable income can have a nice shave.

The tech articles are a little more practical, with reviews of the new Sony PSP and other handheld game systems, plus a little bit of advice on things like synchronizing contacts between your cellphone, computer, and handheld. The fashion articles I mostly skipped over, because they seem to ignore my number one fashion rule — if it's not going to be in style ten years from now (or ten years ago), don't buy it.

Cargo also comes with other helpful consumer tools. There's a whole page of stickers towards the front, that you can peel off and then stick on the pages that have "stuff you want to buy, need to investigate further, or plan to come back to months from now." Towards the back, there are a page of tear-out cards that you can put in your wallet, that have the lists of recommended products from the magazine. That way, you won't have to carry the magazine around the mall with you.

If you can't get to the newsstand right away to buy the latest issue of Cargo,
you can sample their editorial offerings at http://www.cargomag.com/.