Linkin' Logs I
A rip off of Eric Zorn's Land of Linkin' series, I will occasionally provide links to sites I find factual, interesting, or entertaining. I encourage people to post their sites they personally find unique or informative. So to honor one of my favorite childhood toys, this is the first Linkin' Log:
1) Some of the most interesting stuff out there comes from the opinion poll sites. Pew is one of the best. Check out the whole site, but I had fun with political categories. They have a political typology test that is more comprehensive and unique than others I have taken. Plus they have a related report which details where the country falls in this typology test, plus some interesting news about the Moderate Revolution, "During the 1990s, the typology groups in the center were not particularly partisan, but today they lean decidedly to the GOP."
2) I found this link via a story in the WSJ. It is an Iraqi blogger with some great stories and perspectives. He also links to many other Iraqi blogs. According to the article, his earlier writings were more optimistic, but they have gradually become more pessimistic.
3) One of regular blog contributor TC's favorite sites. Jim Dunnigan's Strategy Page provides a wealth of professional military information regarding US operations abroad. As far as I can tell he is fairly impartial and dedicated to facts. He does not hesitate to call the situation an "Iraqi civil war," but he also reports on much of the good news that gets ignored by the NY Times and CNN. There is a specific page dedicated to Iraq. Thanks TC.
4) Campaign finances are addictively interesting to track. Two great sources for that. Nationally, opensecrets.org provides well organized details on who gives and who gets money in politics. Interesting to look at the numbers coming from academia, which show that Harvard and the University of California system were the top two contributors of all employee groups in the nation for Kerry in 2004. Harvard's donations, similar to most others, have 96% towards Kerry and 4% towards Bush...but ya know, overwhelming intellectual lopsidedness has no affect on students access to both sides of any debate...riiight.
Here is the less friendly Illinois version, which presents the raw data. I'm not sure whether there is a site that better organizes Illinois data.
5) The quickest, most reliable source for international facts is the CIA World Factbook. Of special note even to those familiar with it, is that they have recently added a section of the "World" itself, which is very interesting.
6) When looking for data from the Federal Gov't, the FedStats homepage can guide you to the most relevant sites...it helps you sort through the bureaucracy.
7) Northwestern's OYEZ page provides summaries of Supreme Court cases plus links to audio recording of arguments and full text of opinions.
8) RealClearPolitics conveniently links you to all of the nation's major opinions pieces for the day. They also have other goodies.
9) OnTheIssues details "every political leader on every issue." It is complete with voting records and public statements. But they do have some gaps...so not quite "every issue."
1) Some of the most interesting stuff out there comes from the opinion poll sites. Pew is one of the best. Check out the whole site, but I had fun with political categories. They have a political typology test that is more comprehensive and unique than others I have taken. Plus they have a related report which details where the country falls in this typology test, plus some interesting news about the Moderate Revolution, "During the 1990s, the typology groups in the center were not particularly partisan, but today they lean decidedly to the GOP."
2) I found this link via a story in the WSJ. It is an Iraqi blogger with some great stories and perspectives. He also links to many other Iraqi blogs. According to the article, his earlier writings were more optimistic, but they have gradually become more pessimistic.
3) One of regular blog contributor TC's favorite sites. Jim Dunnigan's Strategy Page provides a wealth of professional military information regarding US operations abroad. As far as I can tell he is fairly impartial and dedicated to facts. He does not hesitate to call the situation an "Iraqi civil war," but he also reports on much of the good news that gets ignored by the NY Times and CNN. There is a specific page dedicated to Iraq. Thanks TC.
4) Campaign finances are addictively interesting to track. Two great sources for that. Nationally, opensecrets.org provides well organized details on who gives and who gets money in politics. Interesting to look at the numbers coming from academia, which show that Harvard and the University of California system were the top two contributors of all employee groups in the nation for Kerry in 2004. Harvard's donations, similar to most others, have 96% towards Kerry and 4% towards Bush...but ya know, overwhelming intellectual lopsidedness has no affect on students access to both sides of any debate...riiight.
Here is the less friendly Illinois version, which presents the raw data. I'm not sure whether there is a site that better organizes Illinois data.
5) The quickest, most reliable source for international facts is the CIA World Factbook. Of special note even to those familiar with it, is that they have recently added a section of the "World" itself, which is very interesting.
6) When looking for data from the Federal Gov't, the FedStats homepage can guide you to the most relevant sites...it helps you sort through the bureaucracy.
7) Northwestern's OYEZ page provides summaries of Supreme Court cases plus links to audio recording of arguments and full text of opinions.
8) RealClearPolitics conveniently links you to all of the nation's major opinions pieces for the day. They also have other goodies.
9) OnTheIssues details "every political leader on every issue." It is complete with voting records and public statements. But they do have some gaps...so not quite "every issue."
posted by Billy Joe Mills at 2:04 PM
1 Comments:
Excellent stuff, Billy Joe!!!
I find it amusing that the Pew site classified me as an Enterpriser, in spite of my extremist Libertarian bent.
My guess is that the spectrum just didn't go quite far enough, or that it over-emphasized my material wealth.
In any case, I applaud you for the collection of links. The more reliable information that people have, the more intelligent the decisions they'll make.
Best always,
Tom
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