Today I took my daughter to another town for a dentist appointment. Since we live in the boonies and there's no dentist here, we drove over two hours to get there, stopping in the county seat for a few minutes to mail something and then subscribe to the county's main daily newspaper.

When we got to the small town that was our destination (with the dental office) I noticed the door to the weekly newspaper was open and I went in to say hi to the editor as I've done before. We chatted a few minutes and had some fun comparing notes about the recall petition regarding our local DA and other local matters. I subscribed to his newspaper too.

Later my daughter and I compared the differences in news coverage of the two newspapers. It was a great homeschool lesson, to see how the two publishers handled their responsibilities to inform the public. The big topic of the day was the speech the DA gave to the Libertarians in response to the recall petition. The daily paper (can't call it a 'big' daily) was slanted in his favor and seemed to try to discredit recall supporters who were at the meeting. The weekly paper supports the recall and offered a free audio recording of the speech to show how the DA behaved there. I look forward to getting my copy via email when he sends them out. ;)

At the beginning of the school year my daughter said she wanted to study 'current events' for social studies this year. Its really worked out well. I've subscribed to Time Magazine and found it a great resource for articles to share and discuss.
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