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GOP Newsroom - Get the latest news on politics from The Republican National Party An excellent source for current events from the Kerry campaign. U.S. Department of Homeland Security The primary reason for the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security was to provide the unifying core for the vast national network of organizations and institutions involved in efforts to secure our nation. Terrorism forces us to make a choice. Don't be afraid, be ready! More Media Research Center - Leaders of America's conservative movement have long believed that within the national news media a strident liberal bias existed that influenced the public's understanding of critical issues. Check out the weekly media reality check. This serves as an excellent reference for the most egregious examples of media bias. National center for Policy Analysis The NCPA provides the information you need to know to stay abreast of current public policy debate. By giving you Both Sides of the issues at one central location, staying informed has never been easier. Whether you are a policymaker, journalist, or a politically conscious citizen, Both Sides will provide you with the information you need - when you need it. George W. Bush Bio - George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn into office January 20, 2001, after a campaign in which he outlined sweeping proposals to reform America's public schools, transform our national defense, provide tax relief, modernize Social Security and...Continue Kerry Media Center - More News items on John Kerry BLOG - The Official Bush/Kerry Blog - See daily posts of tidbits on this official web log. A quick way to keep up with current events. LexicOrient - This is a must see reference site... It is among the top 5 web sites dedicated to presenting this part of the world to an audience in the West, both in numer of readers and in the amount of content. As of February 2003 LexicOrient had more than 600,000 unique readers per month, and offered its readers nearly 4000 articles. Continue International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism - ICT is a research institute and think tank dedicated to developing innovative public policy solutions to international terrorism. The Policy Institute applies an integrated, solutions-oriented approach built on a foundation of real world and practical experience. The Institute sets its sights on the big picture: to win the war against terrorism and not merely the individual battles. Heritage Foundation - Conservative Think tank. Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. Local Politics - Elections in YOUR STATE This web utility allows you to enter your ZIP code & State to see your local Election 2004 candidates and voting information. Cato Institute - Libertarian perspective. The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government. Intellectual Conservative.com - We are the only site on the web devoted exclusively to intellectual conservatism. We find the most intriguing information and bring it together on one page for you. See more primary News Sites in the lists below |
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| Polls, Politics and News Outlets Google News - Automated headline service is buggy, but 30-day search engine is invaluable. C-Span - Cable and Satellite Public Affairs Network. The Hill - "The newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress." Zogby International - Most reliable pollster at predicting presidential races. The Gallup Organization - Its tracking poll was marked by wide swings in 2000. Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball - Election projections by the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Christian Science Monitor - Boston-based national newspaper; another independent view. New York Sun - Upstart daily newspaper edited by Seth Lipsky, a former Wall Street Journal editorialist, editor of the Forward and OpinionJournal columnist. Requires subscription. New York Post - Conservative tabloid, not afraid of peer ridicule. Chronicle of Higher Education - News from the academic world. The Wall Street Journal Op-Ed pages |
| Washington Times - A conservative paper in the nation's capital; must addition to any search list because it covers news the Beltway consensus downplays. Column by Editor Wesley Pruden often a stitch. The American Spectator - It's back! The most investigated publication in America during the Clinton years, it fell on hard times, but founder R. Emmett Tyrrell resumed and revamped it with the help of The Wall Street Journal's late Editor Emeritus Robert L. Bartley. National Review - Still standing athwart history, now with a hip, young edge and frequent updates. Web site much more than magazine. kausfiles.com - From Mickey Kaus, the most tough-minded liberal we know. He can't abide John Kerry, so he'll be fun to read during the 2004 campaign season. overlawyered.com - Walter Olson's daily updates on the scourge of litigation. Jim Romenesko's Media News - News about the news business. SmartMoney.com - The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business has built one of the best personal-finance sites on the entire Web, including the "map of the market," a visual tool that literally needs to be seen to be believed. The Drudge Report - Why deny it? Sometimes wrong but always awake. Gossip central, plus links and a wire-service search forms. InstaPundit - By Glenn Reynolds, a University of Tennessee law professor. Pravda calls it "the New York Times of the bloggers." Opinion, Commentary, Primary Blogs The Weekly Standard - Inside-the-Beltway conservatism. The Atlantic Online - The late editor Michael Kelly enlivened this venerable magazine. The New Republic - Trying to stay liberal against the tides of reality. City Journal - Urban-affairs quarterly edited by Myron Magnet and published by the Manhattan Institute. New York Press - Eclectic alternative weekly newspaper. See especially Mugger by former owner Russ Smith. The Spectator - Weekly British magazine of opinion and criticism. Issues & Views - "Forum for dissidents, conservatives, and plain old mavericks," who happen to be black. Independent Women's Forum - What gender gap? Lucianne.com - Lucianne Goldberg dishes, and her readers follow the news. John Ellis - Blog by a smart political observer and presidential cousin. ThinkFirstThenVote.com - Blogger Jeff Nix comments on personal responsibility in the political process. “many think their vote is irrelevant, Imagine the impact if all those people voted anyway” andrewsullivan.com - Weblog by our favorite gay, Catholic Tory. Dynamist Blog - From Virginia Postrel, author of "The Future and Its Enemies." Libertarian but not doctrinaire. Little Green Footballs - Blogger Charles Johnson casts a wary eye on the Muslim world. USS Clueless - Essays on national security and technology by Steven Den Beste. Tim Blair - Australia's finest blogger. Wonkette - Witty Beltway gossip by blogress Ana Marie Cox. The Volokh Conspiracy - Legal and other commentary from UCLA prof Eugene Volokh, brother Sasha and their co-conspirators. OxBlog - Oxford students Josh Chafetz, David Adesnik and Patrick Belton hold forth on the issues of the day. RealClearPolitics - Daily digest of news and commentary. Talking Points Memo - Highly partisan Democratic Weblog by Joshua Micah Marshall, the thinking man's Paul Krugman. mediabistro.com - Metanews from Laurel Touby, social butterfly of the New York media world. World Magazine - Evangelical Christian view of the world, edited by Marvin Olasky, author of "The Tragedy of American Compassion." Acton Institute - Father Robert Sirico's organization combines Catholicism with classical liberalism. First Things - The "journal of religion and public life" edited by Father Richard John Neuhaus. Jewish World Review - Conservative Judaism, with a small "c." newt.org - Keep an eye on Newt Gingrich; he may be back. prodeathpenalty.com - Facts that back those who support capital punishment. NRA Institute for Legislative Action - National Rifle Association lobby. If you find the NRA too wet, try Gun Owners of America. Progressive Review - Idiosyncratic left-wing site. The Onion - Satirical newspaper. ScrappleFace - Satirical Web site. Often as funny as the Onion in its heyday. Romenesko's Obscure Store and Reading Room - Offbeat news stories. The Smoking Gun - Reproduces interesting and amusing original documents. The BLOGROLL for BUSH - Comprehensive list of pro Bush weblogs |
| Research sites Federalist Society - Bęte noire of left-wing interest groups and a gathering place for America's most interesting legal minds. Co-sponsored a 2000 survey on presidential leadership with The Wall Street Journal, to be published in book form in June 2004. townhall.com - The Heritage Foundation's starboard portal. Heritage Foundation - Home page of the right's biggest think tank. American Enterprise Institute - Scholarly Washington conservative think tank. Cato Institute - Washington's libertarian central. Reason Public Policy Institute - A branch of the Reason Foundation, Left Coast libertarians who also publish Reason magazine. Manhattan Institute - New York's leading think tank (publisher of City Journal). Claremont Institute - Studies statesmanship and political philosophy. Our Mark Helprin is a senior fellow. The Independent Institute - Bay area free-market outpost; extreme isolationists on foreign policy. National Center for Policy Analysis - Private solutions for public-policy problems. Political Economy Research Center - Free-market environmentalists in Big Sky country. American Council for Science and Health - No emotion, just science and common sense. Ludwig von Mises Institute - Austrian economics. Center for Security Policy - Defense think tank. Competitive Enterprise Institute - Champions of deregulation. Pacific Research Institute - San Francisco-based free-marketeers "offering practical solutions." foreignpolicy2004.org - Campaign site of the Council on Foreign Relations. Thomas - Library of Congress site for legislative information. Senate and House roll-call votes (since 1989 and 1990, respectively) are available online. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Information on every member, from the Continental Congress to the 107th. History of the Federal Judiciary - From the Federal Judicial Center. Includes short bios of every judge ever to sit on the federal bench. FindLaw (Supreme Court Decisions) - Full text of all opinions since 1893. CEOExpress - A staggeringly long list of links for busy executives. Information Please - Almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia etc. CIA World Factbook - Information about every country in the world. David Liep's Election Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Detailed information on every election, 1789-2000. The Political Graveyard - Biographies of more than 100,000 U.S. politicians. Online Speech Bank - American Rhetoric's oratorical database. opensecrets.org - Campaign finance data from Center for Responsive Politics. History of Economic Thought - From the New School University. Library of Economics and Liberty - From the Liberty Fund. Urban Legends Reference Pages - From the San Fernando Valley Folklore Society. Before you pass on a forwarded e-mail, check it out here--please. The Bible Gateway - Fully searchable Bible in 13 translations. Internet Movie Database - Comprehensive list of movies, TV shows, actors, etc. International News Outlets Far Eastern Economic Review - Dow Jones's magazine of Asia. Asia Source - From the Asia Society. ChinaOnline - Reliable news from the world's biggest country. Taipei Times - News from the other China. Mainichi Daily News - English-language paper from Japan. Korea Herald - South Korea's No. 1 English-language paper. Bangkok Post - "The world's window on Thailand and the region." news.com.au - Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers. BBC News - An influential news source despite recent scandals. Telegraph - Clever, conservative, pro-American London daily. Guardian - Clever, liberal, anti-American London daily. Jamestown Foundation - News and analysis from the former Soviet Union. Jerusalem Post - Israeli English-language newspaper. CubaNet - Independent news from the communist redoubt. |
| Official Sites U.S. Supreme Court White House Defend America - Pentagon site for news about the war on terror. Missile Defense Agency U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate |
| 2004 Campaing Sites - (Sites for ex-candidates Bob Graham, Dick Gephardt and Joe Lieberman are no longer online. The links listed below will become dead links when these various campaigns ends) George W. Bush - The incumbent. John Kerry - The challenger, who by the way served in Vietnam. John Edwards - The would-be veep is the trial lawyers' favorite; his site has been cleansed of anti-Kerry material (and vice versa). Wesley Clark - Retired general who was the Clintons' candidate. Howard Dean - Internet-savvy ex-Vermont governor; his official campaign site includes a blog, and his campaign turned out to be an Internet bubble. Dennis Kucinich - Loopy Ohio representative; proposes to create a "Department of Peace." Carol Moseley Braun - One-term senator; dropped out after third-place showing in D.C. "beauty contest." Al Sharpton - New York racial demagogue, but attracts support across the aisle; see RepublicansforSharpton.com. Democratic National Committee - Convention in Boston, July 26-29. Convention site Republican National Committee - Convention in New York, Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Convention site |
| Good Works, Humanitarian Christian Freedom International - Does humanitarian work for persecuted Christians in China, Sudan, Burma and elsewhere. Freedom House - Publishes Freedom in the World, an invaluable annual world-wide survey of political freedom and civil rights. Index of Economic Freedom - Another world-wide survey of liberty, published by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Human Rights Watch - Investigates and exposes human rights violations in all corners of the world. Doctors Without Borders - Physicians who work in war-torn regions; winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. The Chosun Journal - Devoted to human rights in North Korea. International Rescue Committee - Provides relief, protection and resettlement services for refugees. Most Wanted - You've seen "America's Most Wanted." This site takes the idea global. |