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This is the starting point for my sources on everything. The best sources I've found for each topic are listed here. Priority given to frequent updates and non-paywalled sites.

 

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Headlines and Politics
  • Talking Points Memo
  • Paul Krugman
  • The Bulwark
  • StoneKettle Station
  • Reality Chex
  • Maclean's
  • Semafor
  • Pew Research Center
  • Politico
  • GZERO
  • C-Span
  • NPR
  • Bloomberg
  • Project Syndicate
  • CBC
  • The Conversation
  • The Daily Howler
  • VOX
  • FrontLine
  • BBC & CNN & MSNBC & Reuters
  • World TV streams
Analyzing World Affairs
  • Washington Quarterly
  • Foreign Affairs Magazine
  • Le Monde Diplomatique
  • Just Security
  • Just World News
  • Michael McFaul
  • Brookings
  • Jack Matlock
  • Diplopundit
  • Intl. Affairs Resources
Military and Security
  • Strategic Studies Institute
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Int. Inst. for Strategic Studies
  • War on the Rocks
  • InfoSecurity
  • The Record: Cybersecurity
  • Institute for the Study of War
  • Cntr New American Security
  • Intl. J. of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence
  • Natl Defense U Press
  
World Regions
Middle East
  • Al Jazeera
  • Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
  • BBC Middle East
  • Iranian Diplomacy
  • Middle East Policy
  • Middle East Journal
  • LinkTV Mosaic
  • Haaretz
  • RFE Iran

Europe
  • BBC
  • The Economist
  • The Plaka: Greek News
  • Ekathimerini
  • Hellenica blog
  • Ta Nea
  • Prime Minister's Questions
  • The Guardian
  • Private Eye
  • Euronews
  • EU Reporter
  • European Tribune
  • International Herald Tribute
  • The Independent
  • France 24
  • Zeit Online
  • Deutsche Welle

Eastern Europe / Russia
  • The Kyiv Independent
  • AlJazeera: Ukraine news
  • New Eastern Europe

India
  • The Hindu
  • Times of India

Africa
  • BBC

  
Transportation
NTSB
VASAviation
Trains Magazine
Union Pacific Historical Society
RailwayAge
Open Railway Map
FlightAware
FlightRadar24
Aviation Week
OPSGroup
Aerotime Hub
Tales from the Terminal
FlyerTalk
PPRuNE
JetHead
AeroSavvy
Energy, Technology & Infrastructure
DOE EIA
All Things Nuclear
World Nuclear News
InfrastructureUSA
Napkin Math
DOE Renewable Energy Office
Int. Atomic Energy Agency
Nukemap
Science & Climate Change
Real Climate
IPCC 6th Assessment
Scientific American
Science Magazine
Seismic Monitor
Live Science
Science Blogs
Skeptical Science
Civil Liberties
ACLU
Freedom of Speech
Privacy Rights
Citizen Lab
Economic power and democracy
T Jefferson on Freedom
Economics, Finance, & Government Budgets
Calculated Risk
John Kay
Financial Times
Naked Capitalism
Center on Budge and Policy Priorities
CBO
New Economics Foundation
Economic Policy Institute
New Economic Thinking
  
Law, the Judiciary & Law Enforcement
US Supreme Court
Lawfare
SCOTUSblog
Above the Law
Law Professor Blogs
Verdict
Volokh Conspiracy
Dorf on Law
American Police Beat
Elections
Ballotpedia
The Down Ballot
538.com
Electoral Vote
Election Law Blog
Early Vote statistics 2020
Princeton Election Consortumi
Green Paper's Poll Closing Data
Election background data
Terrorism
Combatting Terrorism Center
Global Terrorism Database
US State Department Counterterrorism
Health, Nutrition & Fitness
Mayo Clinic
World Health Organization
Drugs.Com
Human Rights
Center for Victims of Torture
Amnesty International
IFEX
Reporters without Borders
Snark
The Onion
DuffelBlog
Borowitz Report
Lewis Black
Hard Times
Xkcd
Euphemism Generator
The Poke
The Beaverton
The Burrard Street Journal
The Shovel
Reductress
Dinosaur Comics
Terminal Lance
Waterford Whispers
Islamica News
  
Various Interests
Fstoppers
Digital Camera World
Nikon Rumors
Roger Ebert Movie Reviews
GoPowerCat
K-State Sports
CBS Sports
Hooktheory
CPU speed tests
Google Earth
Earthwatch
Orbis
Cycling News
Chronicle of Higher Education
Personality Tests
Ranker
IMDB
IMFDB
IMCDB
Books
Spybrary
Goodreads
aLibris
Media
Snopes
Fact Check
PolitiFact
TV Tropes
Media Matters for America
FAIR
Link Collections
Newspapers & Magazines
Top 100 news blogs
The Net
Popurls
DuckDuckGo
TinEye Reverse Image Search
Internet Toolbox
The Internet in Real-Time
Is it down right now?
Xfinity speed test
Official Time
Data & General
TED
Library of Congress National Jukebox
Last modified 8/9//2025; posted 9/8/1999; original content © 2025, 1999 John P. Nordin