Welcome to my Blog. Its going to take a little bit of time to get everything up and running, so bear with me. Please check back regularly as I will be working on my Blog over the next week or two.
It just amazes me how quickly this year has gone by. I have an enormous amount of digital pictures that still haven’t been sorted properly. I will be going through most of them and posting a “2003 in Review”. Kevin and I have been quite busy with our travelling and adventures.
I am expecting my brother, his wife, and my niece for a nice long visit from South Africa. It is really going to be fun to kick back and catch up on all the news. It is also going to be nice to hear how things are really going in SA. We hear so little news. I try and keep up to date with news in SA by visiting The Sunday Times, and The Mail & Guardian. Unfortunately you have to subscribe to gain access to some interesting articles. This is annoying.
The other way I try and keep up to date with African news is to read the African Blogs. Try Southern Cross This Blog often doesn’t publish every day, but its well written, and interesting, and I enjoy it. It also has interesting links to browse around.
My favorite blogs for news and editorials are without doubt Andrew Sullivan and Michael Totten. Through these two I have explored many of their links to other bloggers. I recommend for some interesting reading Little Green Footballs, Jeff Jarvis and On the Third Hand.
In addition to browsing the blogs don’t forget to read mainstream news and editorials. I like to read the New York Times, and yes, I like nothing better than to page through a “real” newspaper on the bus in the morning on my way to work.
I think most right thinking individuals realize by now that mainstream media does not provide a well rounded account of news stories. Editors, corporate ownership all dictate what we can read. For news on what’s happening inside Iraq, I like to visit two Iraqi blogs: the Mesopotamian and Healing Iraq. I don’t believe it is healthy to get all one’s news from just a few sources. So, I like to read a wide variety of different media: electronic, television and print. Blogs are a news revolution. News that is immediate. Is it unbiased and accurate? Probably not. But at least it is eye witness news at its very best. Long live Blogging!!
