Wow Ed, talk about memories and times gone by, "Sort of like my old acquaintance Carol Doda (from my Navy days ca.1963-64) has in front of the infamous Condor Club on North Beach SF CA, although she was big in a different way." She would have looked good in bibs.
I also agree that the DGJ has great photos and there are some authors that I look forward to readng their articles. A few of them Tom Archer, EDM, and sometimes Sherman Bell have articles that when you start to read you can't put down, and then it comes to an end and you have to wait for the next issue.
As for the editing, no ones perfect and in my opinion I don't care, too many others things to read and look at and not worry about that.
It's a shame it is only 4 times a year and I think it is one of the nicest magazine out there. Since I am only interested in juxtaaposed shotguns, I can live with seeing some rifles now and then. 
Also as Ed had said about the SSM, I don't care for the piles of doves shot, to me that is just greed. I can't believe all those doves are disposed of properly. There was once millions of Passenger Pigeons here, and greed wiped them out.
The other articles and some about dogs make it my second choice.