• The Diary of Samuel Pepys
  The diarist -- Sam Pepys -- This site began with his first entry for January 1, 1659/60 on January 1, 2003 and has been posting a daily entry -- the side has annotation discussions of each days' entry plus lots of good background information. Yes, I also have this under journals, but Pepys discusses the key political events of his day... so it's similar to some of the blogs I've listed
• Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor
  The noted science fiction writer, Byte columnist, etc. -- this is an offshoot of his Byte column, literally is a "journal" -- a daybook -- a collection of commentaries on computers and technology and politics and education, etc.... plus mail
• Andrew Sullivan
  British-born, gay Irish Catholic conservative/libertarian providing political and cultural commentary
• John Scalzi
  A genuine published author (both print and online, both fact and fiction) and proud father and game tester...
• Instapundit
  Glenn Reynolds is a law professor who writes one of the best known and most influential blogs, the archetype of a libertarian blog,.
• James Lileks
  The Bleat is a daily (Mon. thru Fri.) discussion of day to day adventures with his pre-school daughter, descriptions of what he's read, watched or listened to, analysis of current events, both major and minor. (He has been doing this since 1997; his archives are here.) He also is a columnist for a daily newspaper and writes a web-column as well. (Hunt around on his site -- he collects matchbook covers, old advertising graphics, terrible early 20th century newspaper comics, etc.)
• Winds of Change
  A group blog -- a collection of bloggers, some of whom have dropped their personal blog sites to blog at Winds of Change. Slogan: "Liberty. Discovery. Humanity. Victory."
• The Volokh Conspiracy
  Another group blog -- a dozen or so (14 the most recent time that I counted) people posting comments with a concentration on legal, Bill of Rights, and political issues
• Virginia Postrel
  Author, lecturer, thinker, blogger... strong emphasis on design issues (author of The Substance of Style)
• Citizen Smash (formerly L.T. Smash
  After blogging from somewhere in the Middle East -- "Live from the sandbox" -- his tour of duty is over and he has returned to civilian life, but is continuing to blog (an emphasis on military topics and war-related political issures)
• Samizdata.net/blog
  Samizdata.net is a libertarian group interested in space travel, politics, etc. Samizdata.net/blog/ is their multi-blogger blog that also has a very large list of links to other blogs (of widely varying quality).
• Daybydaycartoon
  Okay, so it's not really a blog, nor is it a journal... it's a cartoon! Yeah, so, deal with it... and read it... it's really good, sharp, different, funny, a definite attitude...
• Stephen Den Beste's USS Clueless
  A software engineer by trade, he discusses politics, military issues, etc. -- very bright, very perceptive, very entertaining.
• Brian's Culture Blog
  Brian Micklethwait, a libertarian Brit, has two blogs -- this one, as the name implies, discusses cultural issues (movies, tv, advertising, the internet, etc.) -- his other blog is...
• Brian's Education Blog
  in which he discusses education issues (duh)
• Michael Jennings
  an Australian, currently living in London, discussing politics, culture, beer, science, movies, and descriptions of incomprehensible Cricket matches.
• MissDemeanor
  politics, culture, world events, etc. from a Canadian perspective (not active lately, but I keep hoping she will start blogging again)

• Tech Central Station
  An on-line magazine of fact and opinion, concentrating on science, technology, the environment, and defense issues
• National Review Online
  the online version of the generally conservative journal of political thought and opinion
• ReasonOnline
  news, comment, political analysis -- "free minds and free markets"
• Best of the Web Today
  A daily (weekday) compliation of interesting (and/or weird) events and news items (with links) -- a feature of the Wall Street Journal's online Opinion Journal

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