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  • 1

    FoxNews.com

    foxnews.com/politics/
    Fox News Channel presents the latest news stories related to politics.

  • 2

    Atlantic Online

    theatlantic.com
    A regularly updated companion web site to the magazine Atlantic Monthly. Includes fiction, feat... Moreured articles and reviews.

  • 3

    National Review Online

    nationalreview.com
    Conservative commentary on American politics, news and culture. Featuring articles by Rich Lowr... Morey, Jonah Goldberg, Ramesh Ponnuru, Lawrence Kudlow, Jay Nordlinger, Jim Geraghty, Kathryn Jean Lopez, John Derbyshire, and John J. Miller.

  • 4

    Village Voice

    villagevoice.com
    Offers news, features and opinions along with arts, fashion, gossip and restaurant reviews. New... More York City, USA.
    From the site: In addition, the Voice’s daily-updated Web site www.villagevoice.com has twice been recognized as one of the nation’s premier online sites for journalistic quality and local content. The site is a past winner of both the National Press Foundation's Online Journalism Award and the Editor and Publisher Eppy Award for Best Overall US Weekly Newspaper Online.

  • 5

    Townhall.com: Conservative Columnists

    townhall.com/columnists/
    More than 60 conservative columnists from various newspapers.

  • 6

    Scheer, Robert

    truthdig.com
    California-based columnist carried by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.... More
    From the site: Truthdig is a Web magazine that provides expert coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is built around reports by authorities in their fields who conduct in-depth exploration of contemporary topics. To offer frequent change and surprise, the magazine also presents a diversity of original reporting and aggregated content culled by the site's editors and staff. ...

  • 7

    Lucianne Goldberg

    lucianne.com
    Nationally syndicated talk show host heard live every morning Monday thru Friday. Includes upda... Moreted conservative articles and interactive forums.

  • 8

    Malkin, Michelle

    michellemalkin.com
    The official web site and commentary archives of syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin.... More
    From the site: My excellent comment moderator Rick Moran responds to nutroots accusations that MichelleMalkin.com is a “hate site” based on a few comments. ... Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with my terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege. ...

  • 9

    Opposing Views

    opposingviews.com
    Experts debate current events and issues underlying news items. Sections include politics, soci... Moreety, health, money, and religion.
    From the site: Here at www.opposingviews.com , experts go head-to-head on real-life concerns, debating news and events, addressing the questions that keep you up at night. We introduce the questions, the experts present their cases (and disagree with each other), and you leave ready to make well-informed decisions and take action. Each section of www.opposingviews.com is a channel, including politics, society, health, money, and religion. ...

  • 10

    The New Republic

    tnr.com
    Razor-sharp analysis on the world of politics and culture.... More
    From the site: If you would like to know more about the information gathering practices and "opt-out" procedures of WhatCounts, please email tnrdigital@tnr.com. You may remove yourself from any or all of the electronic newsletters' mailing lists at any time by following instructions for unsubscribing found at the end of every newsletter or by emailing tnrdigital@tnr.com. ...

  • 11

    Washington Monthly Online

    washingtonmonthly.com
    Analysis and commentary on politics and society.... More
    From the site: Ever since editor-in-chief Charles Peters founded the magazine in 1969, the Monthly has dissected the Beltway establishment to identify what's wrong with Washington and how we can fix it... "> ... Washington Monthly "The Washington Monthly is a new magazine with a new purpose--to help you understand our system of politics and government, where it breaks down, why it breaks down, and what can be done to make it work. " ~Statement of intent published with the first issue in 1969 ...

  • 12

    Jewish World Review

    jewishworldreview.com
    Jewish Living: Volokh and Gladstone - Lifestyles Dr. Gott, and Bruce Williams. - Insight: Huffi... Morengton, Snow, Dr. Laura, Schlussel, Matthews, Medved, Fields, Barone, Young, Crosby, Limbaugh, Kudlow, Kelly, Kondracke, Hentoff, Greene, Parker, Malkin, Zuckerman, Jennings, Thomas, Sowell, Charen, Greenberg, Feder, Corn, Schulman, MUGGER, Tobin, Wattenberg, Jacoby, Walter Williams, Chavez, Elder, and Mallard Fillmore. Archive of previous columns available.

  • 13

    PBS NewsHour

    pbs.org/newshour/
    [PBS News and Views] Features coverage with video clips from recent programs and a significant ... Moresection for students.

  • 14

    FrontPage Magazine

    frontpagemag.com
    News, analysis, commentaries and links to outside articles with a conservative perspective from... More David Horowitz's Center for the Study of Popular Culture.

  • 15

    Project Syndicate

    project-syndicate.org
    International association provides commentaries and surveys from around the world. Also include... Mores contributor bios, member papers, training and education.
    From the site: Anatomy of the Global Economy by J. ... Finance in the 21st Century by Roubini, Shiller ... Project Syndicate is an international association of quality newspapers devoted to: bringing distinguished voices from across the world to local audiences everywhere; strengthening the independence of printed media in transition and developing countries; upgrading their journalistic, editorial, and business capacities. ...

  • 16

    IPS Inter Press Service - Global News Agency

    ipsnews.net
    News, features, analysis and expert commentary on the events and global processes affecting the... More economic, social and political development of peoples and nations, especially in the South.
    From the site: We're sorry, the page you are looking for may have moved during the redesign of our site or no longer exists. Please return to the home page or use the search option for further information.

  • 17

    Chicago Tribune

    chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/
    Columns by Steve Chapman, John Kass, Clarence Page, Mary Schmich, Dawn Turner Trice, Don Wyclif... Moref and Eric Zorn. Sports: Mike Downey, Rick Morrissey, Lew Freedman, Jimmy Greenfield, Chris Malcolm, Fred Mitchell, Phil Rogers, Steve Rosenbloom, Ed Sherman, Sam Smith, Barry Temkin and Bob Verdi. Business: Bill Barnhart, James Coates, Jim Kirk, Carol Kleiman, Jim Mateja and Mary Umberger. Critics: Alan Artner, Michael Phillips, Steve Johnson, Blair Kamin, Julia Keller, Greg Kot, Howard Reich, John Von Rhein, Phil Vettel, Michael Wilmington and Mark Caro. Leisure: Terry Armour, Amy Dickinson, Leah Eskin, Rick Kogan and Cheryl Lavin.

  • 18

    Christian Science Monitor

    csmonitor.com/commentary/
    Columns by Dante Chinni, Helena Cobban, Pat M. Holt, John Hughes, Daniel Schorr, Jeffrey Shaffe... Morer and Godfrey Sperling. Features: Marilyn Gardner and David R. Francis. Web columns: Patrick Chisholm, Ghassan Rubeiz, Michelle Thaller, Jeremy Dauber and Jim Regan.

  • 19

    worldpress.org

    worldpress.org
    Provides an platform for ideas and opinions on topics of significant international concern, in ... Moreaddition to country profiles, maps, information and links to thousands of newspapers from around the world.
    From the site: Worldpress.org is a nonpartisan magazine whose mission is to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information. It contains articles reprinted from the press outside the United States, as well as originally written material. Reprinted articles are subject to editing, translation, and excerpting. Illustration and photo selection, captions, and some headlines accompanying reprinted articles are by Worldpress.org 's editors. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. ...

  • 20

    GlobalIssues.org

    globalissues.org
    Features alternative perspectives on global issues that are closely related including human rig... Morehts, trade and environment.
    From the site: To print all information e.g. expanded side notes, shows alternative links, use the print version: http://www.globalissues.org/print/about/415 Welcome to the global issues web site. This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related. There are over 550 articles on this site, mostly written by myself. The issues discussed range from trade, poverty and globalization, to human rights, geopolitics, the environment, and much more. ...

  • 21

    The Utne Reader

    utne.com
    Compendium of previously published articles dealing with alternative points of view.... More
    From the site: Welcome to Utne Reader and Utne.com ... For more than 20 years, Utne has functioned as a guide to the alternative and independent press. That's because we've created our own library, which takes in 1,500 magazines, newsletters, journals, weeklies, zines, and other lively dispatches from the cultural front; the sorts of cutting-edge publications you won't find at the average bookstore or newsstand. ...

  • 22

    Chicago Tribune

    chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/
    Editorial and opinions from The Tribune: Requires Registration

  • 23

    Sunday Times Columnists (South Africa)

    timeslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/
    Columns by Justice Malala, Toby Shapshak, Archie Henderson, Nomfundo Xulu, Casper Greef, Mondli... More Makhanya, Fred Khumalo, Barry Ronge, Hogarth, Andrew Donaldson, Pinky Khoabane, Mac Maharaj, and Jacquie Myburgh.

  • 24

    Steyn, Mark

    steynonline.com
    Current and archived columns about politics, arts and culture from the Canadian humorist. Inclu... Moredes links to the worldwide papers carrying his columns and book ordering details.

  • 25

    Le Monde

    mondediplo.com
    English edition of French newspaper with left European perspective. (Site has mix of free and p... Moreaid-subscription articles)