this is a tumblr micro blog, I follow these sites and blogs

http://dangerousminds.net/ This blog will challenge/inform you 

http://www.thepoliticalnotebook.com/ Well written, global conflict, Africa, Middle East and Social Movements 

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ Simply the biggest/best new economics blog 

http://twistedsifter.com/ the pictures on this site will blow your mind