I first discovered the Guardian Weekly through a philosophy professor at Ferris State University in Michigan. On the first day of our ethics course, the professor spent the entire class flipping through the Comment & Debate section, reading the views of the columnists featured that week and probing the students to analyse the arguments presented. I suppose it was an exercise in showing that the study of ethics is not an abstract field, but rather something that is grounded in everyday life.
From then on, I was hooked. I knew I had to get my hands on a paper that included such thoughtful analysis of the news each week, and got my own subscription for my final year of college. Shortly after graduation, I moved to the UK to study for an MA in social and political thought at the University of Sussex. I was able to read the Guardian each day while I lived there, but now that I am back in my hometown of Chicago, Illinois, I have once again resumed a GW subscription.
There is nothing quite like the pleasure of sitting down with the GW and getting a broader perspective on life. I particularly enjoy Oliver Burkeman’s column, the Books section, and of course Comment & Debate, as that was my first introduction to the paper. I also now spread the GW love each week by passing it along to co-workers after I’m done.
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