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Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalizing the local, localizing the global TED: Ideas worth spreading http://www.ted.com/

OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's G Jan 19 - Kicking off his 1996 presidential campaign, Republican Phil Gramm told a crowd that he had "the most reliable friend you can have in politics -- ready money." We'll see how much friendship each of this year's White House hopefuls has collected on Jan. 31, when campaign finance disclosure reports from the presidential campaigns are due at the Federal Election Commission. While we're waiting, though, it's worth taking a look at the candidates' finances thus far in the race, and how this race compares to previous ones. http://www.opensecrets.org/

PolitiFact | Sorting out the truth in politics http://www.politifact.com/ PolitiFact is a project of the Tampa Bay Times to help you find the truth in American politics. Reporters and editors from the Times fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on our Truth-O-Meter: TRUE – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. For comments about our Truth-O-Meter or Flip-O-Meter items, please e-mail the Truth-O-Meter .

Sen. John McCain incorrectly claimed that earmarks nearly doubled from $7.8 billion to $14.5 billion in Newt Gingrich’s first two years as House speaker. Actually, the increase was about half that. Furthermore, earmarks first peaked, then declined under Gingrich. http://factcheck.org/ FactCheck.org

Simply enter your zip code above to get to all of your candidates and representatives, or enter a name. Then, just click on the person you are interested in, and you can navigate to the categories of information we track for them. Access Candidates' and Representatives' Biographies , Voting Records , Interest Group Ratings , Issue Positions , Public Statements , and Campaign Finances Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates http://votesmart.org/

http://www.frumforum.com/ FrumForum — Building a conservatism that can win again George Romney expected (or hoped) to run for president against Lyndon Johnson, the exemplar of the financially dirty politician. Over a lifetime in politics, never working in the private sector, Johnson had accumulated a fortune of (by some estimates) the equivalent of nearly $100 million in today's money. Romney wanted to make a point: Unlike Johnson, he was no richer at the end of his public service than he had been at the beginning. The point was brightened by the murk and gloom that then surrounded campaign finance: Who gave how much to political campaigns was then a closely guarded secret, virtually no disclosure at all. Keep this in mind too: