I wish I lived in Wisconsin, just so I could vote for Senator Russ Feingold. Nobody who’s actually managed to get elected has done more to combat the rampant, legal corruption of the United States government than Feingold. The linked article discusses his tactic of listing big money contributors to pieces of legislation when they come up for debate.
National Geographic and Wired not doing it for you any more? Perhaps some of these interesting publications should find their way to your coffee table.
I’m quoted in this Jamais Cascio article about EverQuest.