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A selected list of blogs on a range of topics, including how to create your own blog. Subjects include law, books, food, travel, medicine, history, politics, business, and more.

Blogging 101
Whether you call them blogs, weblogs or web logs, start here to learn everything you ever wanted to know about starting your own blog. Includes a wide variety of blog-related resources, from hosts and providers to search engines and directories.
Arts & Humanities Blogs
Human artistic endeavors throughout the world.
Business & Economics Blogs
Web logs written by, for or about topics related to business and economics.
Computer & Internet Blogs
Discussions about developments in computer and Web technology, from Internet resources to the gadgets and gizmos that make it all accessible.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Blogs & Vlogs
A collection of web sites that offer written blogs and/or video blogs with content related to the deaf and hard of hearing community.
Education Blogs
Interactive weblogs that discuss teaching, selecting a school, technology in schools and related topics.
Entertainment & Leisure Blogs
Blogs covering activities of amusement and diversion.
Health & Medical Sciences Blogs
News and information about health care and related topics for lay people or those in the medical profession.
Law, Government & Political Science Blogs
Web logs that allow for interactive discussions about politics, legal matters, and governments from local to international. Resources may cover aspects of political theory, discuss current court cases, or provide opinions on political administrations and other social effects of governmental policies and the law.
Reference Blogs
Find lists, directories and search engines specifically for blogs and blog-related resources. Also find links to more general reference and happenings in the world as they appear in mass media, journalism, news and current events blogs.
Regional & Country Information Blogs
Weblogs devoted to discussions about life in and around particular geographic locations.
Science & Technology Blogs
Interactive weblogs that allow vistors to participate in discourse about issues in science & technology, including electronic gadgetry.
Social Sciences Blogs
Blogs that discuss studies of human society and the individual's relationship to society, including current research in the various social science disciplines of psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science and history.

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