All the News That's Fit to Print

[butterwelles]

After many years of conscientious voices inside my head nagging that I should remain "informed" on the world's happenings -- here, there, and everywhere; voices whose combined drone rose a few decibels seven years ago, or so, when an International Relations teacher highly recommended to the class reading a quality newspaper everyday (and even then

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[nusergey]

Congratulations on your move to more substantial source of information. As a result of my recent move (of which you are very aware, I'm sure :) ), I have this advice: throw your NY Times away immediately after reading because stuff (and especially paper stuff) has an almost supernatural ability to accumulate.

I agree that Web as a source of news can be disorienting, unless one chooses higher quality news sites and stick to them only. There's just too much info out there, a lot of it conflicting and most of it not what I would call impartial reporting of facts.

[butterwelles]

I plan to recycle the newspapers every week.

Regularly reading demanding articles on the web is far too taxing for me; and uncomfortable. With a paper one can underline, make notes in margins, etc; and one is much more free to sit and lie in different positions while reading.

I like the limitations of a newspaper, as opposed to the eternal expansion of the internet. A newspaper forces you to focus on what it has selected as most important for its public to read. Using this professional selection as a home-base, I can then, when needed, enter the internet and further research.

[nusergey]

PS. To understand what's happening [I]now[/I] best thing to do might be wait some years and read a history book. Inevitably, we get carried away by the moment's passions and very few of us see what's behind the clouds of mental agitation.

[butterwelles]

I am a seer.

PLOP! skid

[butterwelles]

The first issue came Sunday, February 28th!!

[butterwelles]

On June 19th my subscription ceased. I feel I've taken advantage of the four months of news. Now searching for news via the internet will be more guided and less haphazard.

Yes, Sergey, the papers in fact did pile up high on the kitchen table, since I rarely seemed able to actually finish a day's edition, and therefore, I felt, it needed to remain available in case something would lead me back to it (like charting a story's development over a period of time). Eventually the stack would grow intimidating, so I would sort through them and keep only interesting parts that weren't so time sensitive, like science and art sections. Now that the subscription is dead, I can return to this pile.