DP'S TOP TEN WEB SITES

These sites provide two things of value to anyone interested in tracking and combating the Bush administration's policies:

1) They offer information that is ignored or de-emphasized by the mainstream media.

2) They promote opportunities for political action, much of which can be carried out by computer or telephone.

The "Breaking News" department at this site must be staffed by a small army. Updated almost hourly, it links to stories from both mainstream and alternative sources all over the world. DP depends heavily on legitgov.org for info that doesn't get into the Times and the Globe.

Maintained by Citizens for Tax Justice, a nonpartisan group whose mission is to "give ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws."

People for the American Way has been around a long time now and remains one of the best watchdog organizations on domestic issues, especially judiciary appointments.

Specializes in the role of money in politics. All the campaign finance information legally required by the FEC is readily accessible here. If you want to know who contributed how much to whom, this is the place to find out.

The best of the umbrella peace organizations, its web site is animated by the knowledge that failure to prevent the Iraq invasion was only one skirmish in an ongoing struggle against American militarism.

Winston Smith's job in 1984 was to make sure that all news was consistent with Big Brother's party line. To this end, he dropped any contradictory documents into the "memory hole," which led straight to an underground furnace. thememoryhole.org, in contrast, is devoted to preserving what Bush & co. would like us to forget.

The Center for Defense Information is staffed by retired American military officers, whose experience gives them a certain credibility as critics of the Pentagon.

Similar to legitgov.org, this site offers a lively array of alternative news and opinion.

Tenaciously progressive commentary from the likes of Jonathan Schell, Katha Pollitt, and Calvin Trillin.

Teddy Roosevelt once referred to Tom Paine as "a filthy little atheist." We can only imagine what he would say about the opinion pieces on this site, though many of them come from moderates like Patrick Leahy and Ted Sorensen.