Week 2 Reading Blog

Monday:
Today had some interesting stuff, including the peanut plant problems and an interesting article on some colleges that are offering free tuition if you are accepted. In a time where the front page of the paper says that the bailout plan is going to partially rely on private funds, it’s good to see some people taking a stand and rewarding people and helping less fortunate families economically. If only we could get UNH to do some of the same…
Tuesday:
Today kind of irked me a bit. I am sports fan through and through, but seeing how Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids on the front page of the New York Times kind of put me off a bit. It is a sport! And you know what was below it? The elections in Iraq, something that could significantly help to end the war. But no, steroids in baseball (which weren’t even illegal in the game then by the way) are the bigger story to the editors. Come on! I had a little more faith in the NY times that the most important things in the world would be in the forefront.
Wednesday:
This edition of the NY times had quite some interesting stuff in it, but by far the most interesting to me was the government bailout plan. I had hardly realizes that $3.5 trillion dollars would be put into the economy. That is unbelievable. What is even more unbelievable is how much, or rather how little, is actually coming from the bailout fund. Only $350 billion is coming from it, which, while quite a lot of money, now pales quite badly in comparison to how much would be put back into it. Also, quite oddly to me, Wall Street reacted with a downturn. Really? More money means less money? Oh, how little I know about it.
Thursday:
Today’s paper wasn’t as interesting to me as it has been throughout the week, but there were a couple things that I found intriguing, especially internationally. There were a couple stories, one about a new prime minister in Zimbabwe and the other about a warrant going out for the arrest of the president of Sudan. The Zimbabwe one interested me because it told of how the old prime minister had to help swear in the new one and that they are rivals of one another. The other was interesting to me because well, it was about their president getting arrested! Also, it talked of the varying implications of such an action, something that could prove disastrous for Sudan if done incorrectly.