The official website of film historian Mark Vieira

Film Comment. Essential reading.

Cineaste. More essential reading.

The official website of the Bologna film festival, devoted entirely to retrospectives.

Turner Classic Movies

The official website of the Venice Film Festival

Andrew Sullivan

Daily Kos

My Direct Democracy

Talking Points Memo

Taegan Goddard's clearing house for the best political news and opinion on the web.

A wonderful MP3 storehouse of the greatest speeches of the century.

Online source for the writings and study of St. Augustine.

Online source for classical writings.

Best audio-visual news site on the web.

You don't have to love him, but you do have to check in with him.

Site for Jim Wallis, author of "God's Politics."

Site for Randall Balmer, author of "Thy Kingdom Come: An Evangelical's Lament."