Relatively new, anyway, and new to me. Dangerous Intersection is the name and it has a strong group of writers, ranging from a grandmother whose family fled South Africa after getting into trouble for their anti-apartheid activism to a college freshman. They cover a lot of the same territory that I do and they do it pretty well. Take a look.
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Ed: Thanks so much for this post regarding dangerousintersection.org. You are correct that we try to offer a wide range of perspectives in our posts. We focus on the behavior human animals, especially in the areas of science, religion, media and (a catch-all) culture.
I've admired your work ever since finding your site several months ago (we feature a link to "Dispatches From the Culture Wars" on our homepage). Keep up the great work and thanks, again, for the plug. I really appreciate it.
Erich