Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I take the news quiz on the New York Times every week, and despite not reading or listening or watching the news I usually do pretty well. Somehow, a friend talks about something or I see headlines in the newspaper. This week I only was one percent correct. i consider this an achievement. I have managed to avoid the onslaught of what's happening. Now I do participate in Mons Rising, so I read about and sign over issues I care about with women, and I do read gun control updates, AsianPacificIslander emails, Ms Magazine, and Instagram posts by Elizabeth Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, Stacey Abrams, as well as other faves. But those issues are rarely in the quiz. So why do the quiz? Because that is the way I find out what the NYTimes thinks is important for the week. The bonus of taking the quiz? I learn some geography from having to guess where on the map is an area in the news. So then I go back a day later and usually remember what I got wrong, correct it, and have an update on the state of the world without much effort or upset. I know it probably sounds convoluted, but then, what else have I got to do with my time? Try it. It's a painless way to be informed, but not too informed so that you can't sleep at night.