# Help the dolt learn about current events.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dolt-learn-about-current-events/244828>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dolt-learn-about-current-events/244828 "2004-05-12T18:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jujitsuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jujitsuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujitsuka)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dolt-learn-about-current-events/244828/1 "2004-05-12T18:32:57Z")

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Can anyone recommend a good book or website for learning about current world events (and maybe even world history in a nutshell)?

Let’s pretend I’ve just woken up from a 10-year old coma and want to catch up on a relatively unbiased version of events.

I haven’t necessarily been in a coma, but my eyes tend to glaze over the instant I hear the words “conflict in the middle east”, so I’ve been avoiding news in general for a while.

Thanks, Dopers!

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dolt-learn-about-current-events/244828/2 "2004-05-12T18:35:23Z")

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You should probably watch Fox News Channel for a couple of weeks. That’ll bring you up to speed.

_::ducks & runs::_