Of course the publication was founded to be an advocate for liberalism, and on a global level it still is - in a lot of countries it's one of the only independe

Of course the publication was founded to be an advocate for liberalism, and on a global level it still is - in a lot of countries it's one of the only independent English language publications that has any distribution at all. But as an American, when it comes to anything relevant to my country, I've noticed that in the past few years any remaining social liberal edges have been sanded off and they've become predictably center-right.