It’s even worse. Here’s the top 40. The #2 cover is a naked movie star. The 27th greatest magazine cover of the last 40 years honors the Dixie Chicks (not for their music; they’re naked, too). Playboy also makes the list; so does a distasteful picture of Bill Clinton.

There are a few outstanding covers: #10, the famous National Geographic picture of the Afghan girl with the haunting eyes; #11, a fetus in utero on Life (no pun intended); #14 the New Yorker cartoon of the city’s neighborhoods.