GGG is history/archaeology. For mostly political / current news topics, probably this is best:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index?tab=articles
FReepers remain the best aggregators on the web. For a taste of ‘Civ, try this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:sunkenciv/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
Thanks, I am getting a huge amount of information from everywhere in this site. I wish I’d found it way sooner.