Someone at work was talking about how she (yes, that's you Colette) got on CNN to disect the differences between the candidates. Now I like CNN.com as a pure news website, but there are so many more options out there to find out not only what's going on, but the stories behind the stories. So here's my blogroll, and brief decriptions of each:

1. instapundit.com Some call him the blogfather, the home of Glenn Reynolds, Law prof at UT Knoxville, and dedicated centrist. The currents of this election have driven him to the right, but during a non-election period he's pretty solidly centrist.

2. andrewsullivan.com Sullivan has been around for a long time. He's written for Time and a whole bunch of other publications, and used to edit some magazine I've never read. He's gay with AIDS, but staunchly conservative. Unfortunately he's been driven to support Kerry this time, and, according to him, it's not just because of the FMA. He's upset with the handling of Iraq, and wants Kerry in there figuring he'll be forced to do a good job. Personally I think Kerry will be forced to follow his own convictions, which means if elected we'll be kissing any hope of a successful democracy in Iraq goodbye.

3. dailykos.com Don't know this guy's name, but it's one of the most popular lefdt wing blogs. This guy is so far left I think he cut off his right hand. Makes for interesting reading though I usually come away saddened that there is so much hate in the world.

4. littlegreenfootballs.com Very right wing, very interesting. Lots of Israel news, and they're very supportive of the only democracy (heck, the only thriving economy) in the Middle East. Always fun to see the people on Dailykos hating on little green footballs, calling them racist, fascist, and heters and all that, when you see a lot more racism and fascism on dailykos. LGF tells the news and talk about it without insulting people who disagree. Dailykos tends to insult those who disagree, and decries anyone who doesn't go lockstep with their opinion. If that's not fascism, what is?

5. volokh.com Ostensibly it's a legal blog, but it goes far beyond interesting legal issues and into the realm of politics.

6. zerointelligence.net Read all about the stupid things that go on schools, and I'm not talking about the students, I mean the teachers. Remember a few years ago when a girl was suspended from school for having a Tweety Bird keychain? Well a lot more of that kind of junk goes on than you normally hear about.

Hope you'll check some of these out, Instapundit especially. He has links to hundreds of blogs besides his own.