Politics
“Everything is so ugly now. I don’t know what happened with jazz. It’s political,
it’s angry — anything but musical. Where is it written that music should
be unpleasant? Life is.” — Artie Shaw
Quillette
A platform for free thought that respects ideas, even dangerous ones.
A platform for free thought that respects ideas, even dangerous ones.
PragerU
Short videos, big ideas — a world of new perspectives, five minutes at a time.
Short videos, big ideas — a world of new perspectives, five minutes at a time.
Issues & Insights
Unapologetic support for a free market and a limited federal government
Unapologetic support for a free market and a limited federal government
Substack: a place for independent writing
Recommended: Bari Weiss, Ted Gioia, Jim Treacher, Matt Taibbi, Paul Kingsnorth, Jamil Jivani, Tara Henley, Abigail Shrier, Glenn Reynolds, Glenn Greenwald, Jenny Holland
Recommended: Bari Weiss, Ted Gioia, Jim Treacher, Matt Taibbi, Paul Kingsnorth, Jamil Jivani, Tara Henley, Abigail Shrier, Glenn Reynolds, Glenn Greenwald, Jenny Holland
James Lileks
including The Bleat, The Institute of Official Cheer, The Dorcus Collection, and Art Frahm’s effects of celery on loose elastic.
including The Bleat, The Institute of Official Cheer, The Dorcus Collection, and Art Frahm’s effects of celery on loose elastic.
Thomas Sowell
“our greatest contemporary philosopher” – David Mamet
“our greatest contemporary philosopher” – David Mamet
Watts Up With That?
Commentary by Anthony Watts on puzzling things in life, nature, science, weather, climate change, technology
Commentary by Anthony Watts on puzzling things in life, nature, science, weather, climate change, technology
Babylon Bee
Satire so effective it’s regularly fact-checked by the irony-deficient Snopes
Satire so effective it’s regularly fact-checked by the irony-deficient Snopes
Ricochet.com: topical conversation
Richard Fernandez: Belmont Club
The Mideast Beast
Your Middle Eastern equal opportunity offenders
Your Middle Eastern equal opportunity offenders
William A. Jacobson: Legal Insurrection
“a rising up against established authority; rebellion; revolt” + “in conformity with or permitted by law”
“a rising up against established authority; rebellion; revolt” + “in conformity with or permitted by law”
Reason.com
Free minds and free markets
Free minds and free markets
John H. Cochrane: The Grumpy Economist
“news, views, and commentary from a humorous free-market POV. After one too many rants at the dinner table, my kids called me ‘the grumpy economist,’ hence this blog and its title”
“news, views, and commentary from a humorous free-market POV. After one too many rants at the dinner table, my kids called me ‘the grumpy economist,’ hence this blog and its title”
Neo-Neocon
Previously a lifelong Dem, born in NY and living in NE, surrounded by libs, found herself leaving the fold and becoming a dread neocon.
Background as a therapist, her politics make her a pariah in the profession
Previously a lifelong Dem, born in NY and living in NE, surrounded by libs, found herself leaving the fold and becoming a dread neocon.
Background as a therapist, her politics make her a pariah in the profession
StrategyPage
Comprehensive summaries of military news and affairs, including under-reported, out-of-the-mainstream, unusual, or just plain weird military-related information.
Comprehensive summaries of military news and affairs, including under-reported, out-of-the-mainstream, unusual, or just plain weird military-related information.
Human Progress
The fate of humanity is improving. Fast. Here’s evidence.
The fate of humanity is improving. Fast. Here’s evidence.
UnHerd
Challenging the herd mentality
Challenging the herd mentality
Junk Science
All the Junk That’s Fit to Debunk
All the Junk That’s Fit to Debunk
Gatestone Institute
Human rights activists, moderate Muslims and investigative reporters amplifying dissident voices worldwide, stressing the need for
reforms in rule of law, property rights, free-market opportunities, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and other institutions of democracy
Human rights activists, moderate Muslims and investigative reporters amplifying dissident voices worldwide, stressing the need for
reforms in rule of law, property rights, free-market opportunities, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and other institutions of democracy
Philip Greenspun’s Weblog
“A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months.”
“A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months.”
The People’s Cube
The Karl Marx Treatment Center
The Karl Marx Treatment Center
American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Muslims who believe they can practice their faith more freely and
more Islamically in America than any other place in the world
Muslims who believe they can practice their faith more freely and
more Islamically in America than any other place in the world
Catallaxy Files
Australian libertarian blog
Australian libertarian blog