If you don’t have time to spend two hours a day reading blogs, clicking through links and searching pertinent info, here are a couple recommendations to keep you on the cutting edge of news and opinion. Now that Times Select is defunct we can read Frank Rich's column again every Sunday morning. He’s always on point (in my opinion). However, Steven Colbert, columnizing in the NY Times today summarizes Rich’s columns thusly: “Bad things are happening in countries you shouldn’t have to think about. It’s all George Bush’s fault, the vice president is Satan, and God is gay. There. Now I’ve written Frank Rich’s column too.” Okay, so Mr. Rich is pretty liberal. But he is a clear thinker and writer. (I’ve liked him since 1987 when he gave our son’s play a good review). Reading Frank Rich will take you five minutes a week. A second recommendation: four days a week, Monday through Thursday, Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo does a video summary (scroll down and look for TPM TV) of the news, an opinion piece or an interview. These are short and informative. Often Monday’s video will recap the Sunday news shows. If there is a debate, the brilliant Talking Points Memo video editor will clip it for you.These videos are normally about six minutes. So four times six plus five for Rich—in about thirty minutes you can get a good dose of news.
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