Just Above Sunset
Sources for Political Commentary and News Before It Hits The Major Media
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The daily political topics
being tossed about are best found at these sites… Added April 23,
2006 – Steve Barnes' Empires Fall - photos and video clips Aggregators: Memeorandum - continually updates, links original news stories with links to all major commentary on the item, all by topic The Daou Report - major commentary from the left in the left column, from the right in the right column – free if you click through
a sponsored web ad PBD - Progressive Blog Digest - as it says Real Clear Politics - links to the major editorials of the day, about two-thirds on the right side of things, with some commentary The Huffington Post - Arianna Huffington's stable of big-gun commentators, and more Crooks and Liars - the source for media clips Townhall - daily collection of major conservative opinion pieces The Smirking Chimp - daily collection of anti-Bush items, sometimes carries former columist here, Bob Patterson General: Today's Front Pages - images (.pdf) of 488 front pages from 42 counties, with links to the papers – test your language skills News Voyager - links to all major dailies, weeklies, and college new publications, and media organizations – includes Canada and
other international papers The Blogs? The Daily Kos – the most visited blog on the left Eschaton – Duncan Black, every lefty's basic issues Hullabaloo – Digby is blunt and essential - one of the best Political Animal - Kevin Drum's daily blog for the Washington Monthly is a must. Talk Left - multi-award winning blog on criminal and constitutional law - creator and principal author, defense attorney Jeralyn Merritt The Volokh Conspiracy - a big-gun UCLA law professor, his students and friends hold forth on the issues of the day, from the prospective of constitutional,
criminal and copyright law The Reality-Based Community - UCLA public policy professor Mark Kleiman and friends Talking Points Memo - Joshua Micah Marshall, the ultimate Washington insider
(see also TPM Café the group blog) Informed Comment - Juan Cole, University of Michigan professor and Middle East expert, on matters there The Left End of the Dial - James Benjamin is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Behavioral and Social Science at
Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Politics as seen by a psychologist – and some jazz items too, as he's a fan Body and Soul - again, mostly long form, but the best of real humanism Whiskey Bar - one of the most thoughtful, with long-form essays, not little nuggets, updates infrequent (postings have been spotty) Altercation - Eric Alterman, NYU professor and author, Monday through Friday Tapped - the blog of The America Prospect This Modern World - the political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow and his friends hold forth on the day's issues James Wolcott - the man from Vanity Fair, extraordinary prose Oliver Willis - short, pointed, and spotty World O'Crap – "A daily diatribe about current events, bad movies, pop culture, Ann Coulter, etc." - and so it is UggaBugga - often has good diagrams but posts at odd intervals… Martini Republic - a good daily read Roger Ailes - no, not THAT one, the other one… The Corner - short posts at the conservative Nation Review Online New
March 6, 2005 - Velvel on National Affairs – ''sets forth the personal views of the Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law, Lawrence R. Velvel, on national events. Occasionally,
the responses to his views or other interesting articles are also posted." - for those of a legal turn of mind on current
events Local: Golden State - Michael
Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times Attitude: Patriot Boy - General JC Christian who signs each item "Heterosexually Yours" – the manly man – tries to rid himself of his
“inner Frenchman” and wonders why his little general (and two grenades) won’t stand up at attention when
called upon - political satire at its snarkiest Bartcop - very angry left and not terribly coherent Betty Bowers - America's Best Christian (satire) CJR Daily – from the Columbia School of Journalism For what's up in France
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