Some reading material

The following's a list of ten publications (online) devoted primarily to news analysis. These are not "newspapers" claiming to only give "facts" in stories; these are clearly engaged in critical analysis (w/ various political biases). I'd encourage you to read some of them, even those you might routinely disagree w/. A mark of a good critical thinker is being able to discuss opposing points of view.

Atlantic Monthly
Harper's
Mother Jones
The Nation
The National Review
The New Republic
Reason
Salon.com
Utne Reader
The Weekly Standard

I also promised a list of bloggers I recommend. Here's a (very) short list:

InstaPundit
BuzzMachine

Belgravia Dispatch
The Daily Dish
Dynamist
Matthew Yglesias
Oliver Willis
Talking Points Memo
Quaker Ranter
Wonkette

I listed InstaPundit & BuzzMachine separately, since they're mostly engaged in "linking" than "thinking" posts (especially Instapundit). But they generate massive volumes of traffic — and generally link to other interesting blogs.