# need some good reading websites **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161 "2013-01-23T23:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/1 "2013-01-23T23:39:32Z")
Places like Salon and Slate. I have some time from time to time at work, when I run out of Dope would like some good reading material. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/2 "2013-01-24T16:49:54Z")
Cmon, fellow Dopers. Help a brother out! ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/3 "2013-01-24T17:12:29Z")
[Arts & Letters Daily](http://www.aldaily.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/4 "2013-01-24T17:34:38Z")
[The Week](http://theweek.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/5 "2013-01-24T18:44:25Z")
[The Browser](http://thebrowser.com/) ---
**Author:** ![heat1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@heat1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heat1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/6 "2013-01-24T18:47:34Z")
Fan Fiction on Mugglenet ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/7 "2013-01-24T18:53:02Z")
The Daily Beast. Freakonomics. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/8 "2013-01-24T19:14:25Z")
[Lapham’s Quarterly](http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/9 "2013-01-24T20:25:18Z")
More historical than current, but [Letters of Note](http://www.lettersofnote.com/), a collection of “correspondence deserving of a wider audience.” [This letter](http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html), from an emancipated slave to his former owner, is especially worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/10 "2013-01-24T21:08:43Z")
These are great, folks. Thanks! Keep em coming! ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/11 "2013-01-25T06:41:34Z")
You could read every back issue of [Popular science.](http://www.popsci.com/archives) They’ve archived the entire 140 years. enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![yohan\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yohan_go/32/3620_2.png) [@yohan\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yohan_go)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/12 "2013-01-25T12:27:24Z")
Couple of my favorite time killers: [http://listverse.com](http://listverse.com) [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/](http://www.skyscrapercity.com/) [http://www.alternatehistory.com](http://www.alternatehistory.com) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161/13 "2013-01-25T12:37:24Z")
[The Utne Reader](http://www.utne.com/)