The Economist on why Pakistan won't be democratizing any time soon.

Today, Other Magazines reads through the Economist, Time, the New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, the New Scientist, and Paste to find out what's worth your time—and what's not.

Must Rea d The Economist runs a bleak dispatch from Pakistan assessing the possible outcomes to its constitutional crisis, concluding that Musharraf isn't likely to leave anytime soon. The writer discovers that Western fear of a pro-Islamist government is limiting foreign pressure, while the poor population's unwillingness to protest dampens the opportunity for change.—J.M.

Worst Cover Story
Sports Illustrated's piece on the New England Patriots' linebacker corps promises to give an insider's view on the camaraderie and dynamics of the group, but fails to deliver much beyond player nicknames.—J.M.

Best Political Commentary
In Time, Rich Lowry moves into the "world of Hillary hatred," noting that "it's a paradox of this election season that the most conservative candidate in the democratic presidential field is the one most hate by conservatives."—M.S.

Best Foreign Reporting
The Economist looks at an unlikely threat to the Chinese government's stability: unemployed veterans. Many veterans are becoming frustrated at the lack of economic opportunities in rural areas and have formed a surprisingly coordinated movement.—J.M.

Best Iraq Piece
The anti-war Mother Jones has some tough questions to ask its activists, such as, "Is there any contradiction between supporting U.S. military intervention to stop the Rwandan genocide and opposing U.S. military intervention to prevent ethnic cleansing in Iraq?"—G.H.

Best Feature
In the New York Times Magazine's film issue, A.O. Scott writes about the history of the Western and argues that it "has not so much died as fragmented: the solitary man of action remains a staple of … action movies; the romance of the past is projected back onto the 20^th century rather than the one before."—J.L.

Best Entertainment Piece
Paste goes backstage with four bands at the Bonnaroo music festival to learn the secrets of putting together a "kickass" set list and how to spice it up with (sort-of) spontaneous moments.—D.S.

Best Technology Article
Painter Jackson Pollock always claimed he could control where his drops of paint landed, and mathematical analysis once supported this claim, revealing fractal patterns in his pictures. This technique, the New Scientist reports, has now been called into question: Researchers commissioned Pollock imitations, applied the fractal formula, and found the fakes were indistinguishable from the genuine articles.—E.G.

Best Art Piece
Golden panels from the gilded bronze doors of Florence's Baptistery of San Giovanni, crafted by Renaissance master Lorenzo Ghiberti and considered one of the period's great works, are touring the United States for the first time. Smithsonian explains why we should care.—B.F.