Anyway, here is a list of sources that I'm checking with some frequency for news on candidates and issues: # Google News - It's the central clearinghouse for breaking news. You can't beat it. # Daily Kos - Definitely has a Democratic slant, but it's a nice place for analysis of issues and especially the Democratic race for the presidential nomination. # Campaign Review - This is the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism's coverage of the 2004 campaign. They're promising to be non-partisan and objective, which is a far cry from the rest of the bloody media[1]. # MoveOn.org - A non-partisan group (left-leaning, though) dedicated to mobilizing the masses. They've done some interesting things lately, most notably the Bush In 30 Seconds grassroots campaign to produce a 30 second ad telling the truth about Bush. Check out the winner, which CBS is refusing to run during the SuperBowl. Also of interest is the newest set of Get Your War On comics. I disagree with him - I think we should go to Mars, eventually - but can totally see his viewpoint. Bait and switch has been the _modus operandi_ of this administration, don't you think? You may also want to download and printout this scorecard and keep score during Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday (20 January 2004). fn1. Everyone says that the media has a liberal bias, but it sure hasn't seemed like it in the last couple of years. Even the traditionally liberal rags (the New York Times, the Washington Post) have spent most of the last few weeks smearing and bashing the various Democratic candidates without much in the way of facts. The Bush administration has really put a serious damper on dissent and actual factual reporting, and the Republicans in general have an amazing spin machine going. The offenses are too numerous to list here, but I'll be getting around to some of them soon, especially the ones where the restriction of information flow flies in the face of hard science...