What is isssue 500 about? Or what is Dragon Magazine? It was one of the 2, the 2nd being Dungeon Magazine, that TSR made filled w/ articles, reviews, ads, etc... They were awesome cause there was always some new article that had new stuff for one of their RPGs.
Some time ago now, TSR was bought out by Wizards of the Coast, a company that TSR helped out early on no less. They did it mostly cause they liked TSR & TSR was not doing well.
Here's an example of what some articles were like:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20020426b