Why I Love the CS Monitor

I lost ny news/infroamtion gathering way for a while. I got caught-up in CNN and MSN for it's quick, and often tabloid, news. Today I found the path. I had forgotten what a great and random news source the Christian Science Monitor is. I read it all the time in college and Grad School, and then…well go back to my Frost like path references for a clue. I rediscovered it today and I was just so happy. Everything from Philosophical editorials to a new form of bike racing is covered. I loved their book section for new and hard to find releases. What made me VERY interested today was an editorial about Kant and Atheism. I was so wrapped up in it…it was GREAT! Kant is one of my favorite philosophers, Perpetual Peace was one of the first tough books I picked to read early in college. The editorial was well balanced and confronted some issues I have been thinking about lately with so many books coming out saying belief in a higher power = diminished intelligence. So to the Christian Science Monitor I say, “Kudos! I will not forget you again.” I mean, where else will I find a Kant argument in a national news source? Certainly not on CNN.com or the other news cites that give equal time to Britney and Paris as well as REAL News.