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April 3, 2003
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Here are seven more blogs that I didn't know existed until this week, which
are doing or talking about some interesting things:
- Unknown News
reports news that you probably haven't read anywhere else. Readers submit
first-hand accounts and interesting stories from the local press, and reading
it is as addictive as potato chips.
-
As We Know It
is embroiled in a debate on post-modernism, and has a whole Darwinian category
on 'selection theory', for those that follow Dawkins or Gould.
-
Robert Patterson
is blogging about a new Renaissance and Original Affluence, the concept
I earlier ascribed to Peter Jay that pre-civilization man lived an easy,
unhurried and happy life, not the nasty brutish one we're led to believe.
-
Science Blog
reports the discovery of electrostatic rotation in subatomic particles,
one that could revolutionize our understanding of matter, and make Einstein
'spin' in his grave.
- The EatonWeb Portal
categorizes over 10,000 blogs, and lets you browse for birds of a feather.
You'll probably find your blog isn't listed, so take ten minutes and add
it while you're there.
- Truthout
is great one-stop shopping for alternative news and op-ed, on the war, of
course, but also on economics, the electoral system, the environment,
women's rights, and a bunch of other issues. Author William Rivers Pitt includes
some of his own well-written analysis in his op-ed section.
- We Want the
Airwaves
is exclusively focused on media concentration, plans for further deregulation
in the U.S., and the conservative domination of the media. And for up-to-date
listings of Who Owns What, check the
Columbia Journalism Review
's database.
I will be in New York tomorrow and unable to blog, so my next post will be
Saturday. It will be another of my twisted short stories (if I get it finished
in time). Thought for the day, from last night's Law & Order: You
Are The Process.
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