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these are just some of the more useful news resource sites that i scan regularly.
(when a site requires a user log-in, i immediately drop it from my list of resource sites. There are always plenty more fish in the sea.)

i am including several sources from around the world, as tapping into these sources encourages a more rounded perspective on news items.

putting a site on this list indicates that i find it useful for information. It does not indicate that i regard the site as unbiased or reliable. Naturally, the comments given are entirely my own opinion.

A slimline version of this page is available for you to use as your browser home page. This page has no hidden spy- or adware, and you may modify the page by changing or adding items if you understand HTML code.

blogs and associated rss feeds (where available)

news and other useful websites

fossil media on the web

Belmont club
best of the web
(Wall Street Journal)

the dissident frogman

Gideonlog

UPI

Sydney Morning Herald

China through a lens

SaudiArabia

National Post (Canada)

magnacartaplus.org

New in Science

writers

google search
altavista
yahoo

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ABC News	Major American independent broadcaster.
altavista	I use this search engine as an alternative to Google, sometimes when I’m doing a particularly complex search, or when Google fails to return satisfactory targets. Alta vista also has useful date bracketing facilities.
amazon.com amazon.co.uk	A useful site, not only for buying books but as a major, accessible book catalogue for seeking titles on subjects, or for books on which you only have partial information.
Associated Press	What is called a wire service. The sort of feed from which other newspapers obtain their stories.
Brent crude	Daily prices of crude oil from the North Sea.
BBC News	Although the BBC provides highly biased and thin reporting, their standards have risen markedly in the last year or so.
China through a lens	News out of the vast, censored area known as China. As the country gradually opens so, increasingly, small glimpses appear from behind the curtain.
Christian Science Monitor	A good general source of news, despite its strange title.
CNN	Major american independent broadcaster.
exchange rates	This site gives exchange rates for major currencies. However, it does not include gold prices or pre-Euro European currencies.
Foreign Affairs	A monthly with analytic articles on the subject of the publication’s title.
google news	Best general news service available. Claims to track 4,000 publications.
google search	The best general keyword search engine of which I am aware. Advice on using search engines.
The Guardian main site	Despite being highly biased, the Guardian is becoming a very useful archive.
Education Guardian	A weekly source of items of interest to educators. A bit parochial, but specialised.
International Herald Tribune	Useful for well-written, short items on a wide range of topical and scientific subjects. The articles, generally, are short and usually reasonably precise.
magnacartaplus.org	This site is dedicated to issues concerning freedom and liberty. It has many resources related to bills of rights, including a new translation of the Magna Carta of 1215. Particular attention is devoted to the current attacks on civil liberty in the UK, but issues extend far beyond those shores. abelard.org also manages this site.
National Geographic	Idiosyncratic items on environment and sociology.
National Post (ca)	Canadian source with a neat off-beat flavour.
National Review	Right-wing political, American. Articles vary from intelligent and hard-headed articles to drivel, unworthy of a 14 year-old suffering a severe acne attack.
Nature	Thin, but useful, science news.
New Scientist	Thin, but useful, science news.
New in Science	Thin, but useful, science news.
PlanetArk	Most useful (that I know) daily environmental source. Generated by Reuters.
Reuters	What is called a wire service. The sort of feed from which other newspapers obtain their stories.
Salt Lake Tribune	The State of Utah is, effectively, a theocracy. Therefore, it has an idiosyncratic take on political affairs. The Salt Lake Tribune is the major print media source in the state that is in dependant of Mormonism.
Saudi Arabia	News items in English.
ScienceDaily	Best available daily science update.
ScienceTech Daily	Various background science links. more weekly than daily. Includes idiosyncratic items.
Slate	Wide-ranging, unstuffy, gossipy.
Sydney Morning Herald	Useful Australian resource. Sometimes gives an interesting view on international news.
Weekly Standard	short, concise, informed and immediate news reports
UPI	what is called a wire service. The sort of feed from which other newspapers obtain their stories.
Washington Post	a politically powerful news source.

aoiko	new, impressive blog [note that the author finds that term unaesthetic]
Belgravia dispatch
Belmont club
best of the web	(Wall Street Journal) Both informative and fun. Often very informative and very funny. Read it every day and cheer yourself up.
Bradenblog
Chrenkoff
the dissident frogman
Gideonlog
James Hammerton
Krauthammer
limbic	Limbic provides links to many sites of interest, as well as commentary. The most interesting blog I have yet seen. Good to see someone adventurous and creative working in this recent form.
Andrew Sullivan

Malcolm Gladwell
Samuel Brittan

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First try this:
Drag this underlined link onto your Home button (at the top of your browser - the little house icon) to make a slimline version of abelard’s news resources your browser’s default home page.
If that didn't work continue on.
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There, click on the tab labeled “General” and go to the “Home Page” section.
Then you can either enter the slimline news resources web address (https://www.abelard.org/news/resources2.php) in the dialog box,
or select the “Use Current” button. Click “OK.”
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In the “Navigator” section, type the slimline news resources web address (https://www.abelard.org/news/resources2.php) into the “Location” field,
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