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Progressive politics websites

There are simply too many good progressive websites out there for anyone as disorganized as us to create a decent compendium. Instead, here are a few big, organized sites, each of which has its own (usually quite large) set of links.

If you're looking for a solid liberal argument on almost any current issue, Steve Kangus' Liberalism Resurgent is a good place to look. It's well-organized and almost encylopediactic.
The Economic Policy Institute is a great source of information for progressive interested in the dismal science.
Here at the Ennead, we don't go for those big political parties that occasionally win elections and weild real power and stuff like that. Nuh-oh, not us. Instead, we're proud to be members of the Pacific Party, Oregon's chapter of the national Green Party.
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My favorite essays and links about comics

The Cheapening of the Comics. A speech by Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson about why comic strips are so bad, and what can be done about it.
The How-To Guide to Comics is a collection of useful links for aspiring comic creators and self-publishers.
Getting Off The Merry-Go-Round (Before You Puke) is a wonderful essay by Gerald Jones, about the good and bad sides of his career writing comics.
An archive of some of Cerebus creator Dave Sim's essays, with an emphasis on his advice to prospective cartoonists. Of particular note is his 1993 Pro-Con Speech.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is the organization dedicated to keeping those darn censors off of our precious comics.
The two big comics indexes I use most are the Comics FAQs Collection and Yahoo's Comics index.

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Good sites about good comics

My favorite comics site lately is www.scottmccloud.com, the home of Scott McCloud's newest web-comics experiments. Definitely worth checking out.
Krazy Kat has a wonderful website maintained by Peter Wadsworth. The simplist, most complex comic strip ever drawn, Krazy Kat is required reading.
A modern comic with some of Krazy Kat's magic is Beanworld.
No strip of the last two decades can match Calvin and Hobbes. The best Calvin website I've found is the Calvin and Hobbes Scrapbook.
Cerebus is the longest-running, most eccentric, most aggrivating and (despite Reads) best monthly comic book ever.
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Everything else!

Donna Kossy maintains the amazing Kooks Museum, based on her well-reviewed book. Remember, other people's pathetic obsessions are your best entertainment value! (Isn't being a gen-xer fun?)
Stephen Sondheim is simply the best songwriter in the world, and piss all to subjective tastes, that's what I say.
The Gallup Poll Homepage. If you don't read this, how will you know what you believe?
For local Portland news and events and a good internet provider in the Northwest, try Teleport's home page.
Novagate has a lot of excellent general-reference materials. From a thesaurus to the text of the constitution to gardening info, it's here.
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