Update from the front

[jchrisobrien]

NPR is my new friend on the way into work. There are moments when I get profoundly embarrassed because I don't know what's going on in the world. If you want to have a discussion about whether power fists or force weapons are better picks for your veteran sergeant, I'm right there. If you want to talk about public school issues or the problems inherent in our current economic system, I'm pretty much resigned to being a listener. Listening to NPR won't turn me into an expert, but it will (and is) exposing me to more news, more commentary, more opinions to help me form my own opinions. Just this week I learned about the power struggle between Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, Universal will be lowering the price of their CDs from $18.99 to $12.99, and the NFL is adding Rush Limbaugh to their Monday night football lineup. Next step on my overall re-education is a subscription to National Geographic.

Gala is an incredibly good album from Lush.

This morning, my first paycheck (for three weeks) was lying on my desk. Goodbye bills and debt, hello warm glowy responsible feeling!

Comments

[atalanta.livejournal.com]

temper the NPR with something less biased (or not biased in the same direction!) :)

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Most of what I've heard so far is just news, and not commentary on said news. Although there can be bias in regular news as well.

I've tried a few links for some of the pages you mentioned before, but I don't remember them.

[atomweaver.livejournal.com]

Yes, Fox News biases away from NPR quite nicely, if you can hold down the resulting bile ;-)

BBC international is another option:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/