The news at the moment is all about one man and his empire, and corruption that runs so deep it filters into the UK Government and even the Metropolitan Police. That man is Rupert Murdoch, an Australian political activist, is at the helm of most of the world's media.

Which puts him in the driver's seat for shaping the social, political and business realities of the world.

March, 2011, has brought unusual weather patterns to North San Luis Obispo County, and more than average rainfall for March. It’s a blessing because we have been experiencing a drought, and water is still being rationed to a certain extent. This extra rain has replenished some ground water and added a lot to local resevoirs.

America's longest wars are being fought in faraway countries that until recently were little known to most Americans. Here are a number of recent books that help fill these gaps

War - Sebastian Junger
One of the finest books ever written on what it's like to face combat day to day. On a par with John Ellis' Sharp Edge or John Keegan's Face of Battle, Junger tells the intimate stories of a platoon of marines posted to an isolated lookout and subject to almost daily attacks from Taliban fighters they can rarely see