Tina

My sons have been asking me a lot of questions about the government
and the war and other countries and our allies and our enemies
and...and...and...

I am not knowledgable about these topics, but I would like to be. I
spend most of my time saying, "I don't know" or "I think so" or "I
don't think so" or "Maybe". Not very definitive, I know. Where is a
good place to start? Does anyone know about web sites, books, or
other resources that may be beneficial in our current pursuit of
information? FYI - Andrew is 13, and Adrian is 11. They are both
very interested in this topic.

Thanks for the input...

Tina

Deb Lewis

C-span has lots of information about the business and process of
government.
http://www.c-span.org/

The program Washington Journal on the c-span channel is a news/talk show.
They pick topics from the headlines and ask listeners to call in express
their opinions and they have usually two guests liberal/conservative talk
about some timely topic. Dylan likes this show.

And depending on your politics you can google "conservative news sites"
or "liberal news sites" or "alternative news sites" and find all kinds of
interesting things.

You can go to www.newspapers.com and search over 10,000 news papers.

You can get the NYT and Washington Post headlines delivered via e-mail
every day with links to follow to the articles on-line. Both sites ask
you to subscribe but the on-line subscriptions are free. I'm sure other
papers offer headline updates too, check with your favorite paper.

There are special interests groups that e-mail bulletins and news updates
regarding certain topics so you will always know when something is
happening. I subscribe to the Buffalo Field Campaign so I can keep
abreast of the State's policies and actions regarding Yellowstone Bison.

NASA sends space news updates. The USGS sends earthquake notifications.
Everybody has something to say. <g>

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ Is the white house website and you can find
speeches archived there and other stuff.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/ Find your representatives and
let your kids write to them. They work for you, you know. <g>

Deb Lewis

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I get my information from reading the local newspaper, watching international newscasts (worldlink is a great channel for that), reading "alternative" newspapers like communist ones. These all give very different views on things. By keeping up with all and keeping an open mind, you start to notice patterns.

Julie S.


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