Every Saturday, I point you toward a handful of my favorite blogs, posts, and articles from around the Web.

This week’s had a lot of interesting stuff going on. The world is politically charged as we near the election, economically concerned as the markets continue to bounce all over the place, and still loving on all the great things happening in the Web universe.

Here are some of the best things I’ve read this week, from a number of different sources:

Zen Habits- “Pare it Down: Cut Away the Extraneous to Leave the Awesome” (here)

MakeUseOf- “Two Websites to Watch Talks By Great Thinkers and Doers” (here)

Comic Book Resources- “Permanent Damage: The 20 Most Significant Comics in American Comic History” (here)

Startup Meme- “Happy Birthday to Linux- 17 Years and Still Counting…” (here)

Ian’s Messy Desk- “10 Public Speaking Mistakes” (here)

Men’s Health- “18 Things Worth Fighting For” (here)

The Daily Beast- Christopher Buckley: “Electing a Punch Line” (here)

New York Times- “Editorial: Barack Obama For President” (here)

Stepcase Lifehack- “Be a Comment Rockstar: 10 Terrific Tips!” (here)

Enjoy your Saturday! Do something lazy- is that an oxymoron?

What interesting stuff have you read or written this week? Let us know in the comments.