Crucial Minutiae

Quite simply, reading Crucial Minutiae makes you feel smart. This group blog is "about the small things around us everyday. Some pieces are too small to take notice of, by themselves, but over time become part of the larger, crucial puzzle of culture and society." Contributors include journalists from Newsweek, the New York Times, and other well-known publications. Topics covered are incredibly wide-ranging, covering everything from a Texas teen sexual health summit to Obama and technology to swine flu to street art. It's a great place to get a little bit of knowledge about a lot of things.