The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is check my blog just to make sure I haven't received any comments. You never know.
I then fire up my digital edition of the International New York Times. Why the INYT, you may or may not be inclined to ask? It's a long story but basically I read it because I think it's a good newspaper and I like the idea of an international view, albeit with an American slant, on current affairs. Like any other paper, the INYT has a political bias, leaning towards the Democrat or "liberal" point of view. In spite of its best efforts to be fair and balanced, one comes away with the strong conviction that all the candidates vying for the Republican nomination would be more gainfully employed in a lunatic asylum. Would I get a different picture if I subscribed, say, to The Wall Street Journal?
Inside the paper, I don't waste much time with "Top Stories". After all, what's the point of reading the news if you don't know what to think about it? For that I turn to "International Opinion" where they soon put me right.
Depending on my mood and on the day of the week, I might glance at the obituaries to see how many of those who have died are older than me. Not all that many, I'm bound to say. Fortunately, the statistics are tilted in my favour by a constant stream of degenerate pop musicians.
I also like to see what's going on in the world of technology, books and sport, and from time to time I delve into the "Health" section, in particular a column called "Well". It's a curious title for a series of articles about people who are, well, ill. But more of that next time.
I then fire up my digital edition of the International New York Times. Why the INYT, you may or may not be inclined to ask? It's a long story but basically I read it because I think it's a good newspaper and I like the idea of an international view, albeit with an American slant, on current affairs. Like any other paper, the INYT has a political bias, leaning towards the Democrat or "liberal" point of view. In spite of its best efforts to be fair and balanced, one comes away with the strong conviction that all the candidates vying for the Republican nomination would be more gainfully employed in a lunatic asylum. Would I get a different picture if I subscribed, say, to The Wall Street Journal?
Inside the paper, I don't waste much time with "Top Stories". After all, what's the point of reading the news if you don't know what to think about it? For that I turn to "International Opinion" where they soon put me right.
Depending on my mood and on the day of the week, I might glance at the obituaries to see how many of those who have died are older than me. Not all that many, I'm bound to say. Fortunately, the statistics are tilted in my favour by a constant stream of degenerate pop musicians.
I also like to see what's going on in the world of technology, books and sport, and from time to time I delve into the "Health" section, in particular a column called "Well". It's a curious title for a series of articles about people who are, well, ill. But more of that next time.
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