Be Informed - Keeping Up With Current Events

Thanks to Cindy Kern for sharing her knowledge about current events with us. To keep up to date with what is going on, Cindy recommended checking these sites daily to get a balanced understanding of current news:

www.drudgereport.com
www.huffingtonpost.com
www.foxnation.com
www.dailykos.com
www.realpolitics.com
www.newsmax.com
www.jihadwatch.com

Cindy recommended that all contestants become knowledgeable about currents events, making sure to know both sides of the issue and be able to respectfully address questions from either side. She specifically recommended learning about the following:

• The current war, specifically learning the meanings of word such as fatwa, jihad, and Sharia Law. 
• Health care reform
• Basic government structure and branches of government, and understanding how laws are passed
• Midterm elections 2010 and their effect
• Supreme Court current cases, who serves as judges and Chief Justice, what their role is, and the debate between judicial activism and restraint, 
• Issues of Federalism - the separation of powers between state and federal 

Here's to becoming informed citizens!