Resources:

• Perseus Project: online repository of classical Greek and Latin texts with interactive dictionary tools.
• The Leo Strauss Center @ the University of Chicago: particularly noteworthy for the repository of lecture audio and transcripts on topics of political philosophy.
• Voegelin View: An interdisciplinary website about political philosophy, culture, religion, education, and literature which focuses on Eric Voegelin and topics relevant to his studies.
• NYT tips for writing well: a few pointers for how to approach writing.
• Texas Politics: A terrific resource provided by the Texas Politics Project at UT Austin. Contains a webtext, polling, event listing, and myriad useful links for students interested in either learning about or participating in Texas politics. Was previously free but now includes link to webtext published by Soomo.
• What is plagiarism? The University of Indiana has put together a great tutorial.
• Texas Tribune: A non-profit news source for Texas. Their coverage of Texas politics is broad and generally non-partisan. They also have several areas of in-depth coverage, including a biannual tracking of the Texas Legislature.
• Real Clear Politics is an aggregated news site that also contains survey data and selects an ideologically diverse set of opinion pieces.
• Pew Research Center may be a welcome respite for those looking for more empirical information regarding current events and attitudes. Their surveys cover a wide variety of topics and generally include helpful write-ups that are accessible to most audiences.

Suggested Books for Students Interested in Beginning Study of Political Philosophy:

• The Key Texts of Political Philosophy: An Introduction, Thomas Pangle (Amazon)
• Political Questions: From Plato to Rawls, Larry Arnhart (Amazon)
• History of Political Philosophy, Strauss and Cropsey, eds (Amazon)

Related Links of Note:

• The New Atlantis: A Journal of Society & Technology
• ​Arts of Liberty, a project by the University of Dallas that supports liberal education.
• The Partially Examined Life: a philosophy podcast and blog that discusses a wide variety of potentially interesting topics. 
• Getting Things Done, by David Allen. A book on productivity, workflow, and personal management to help accomplish projects and produce good work with less stress and greater efficiency. It is only one of many "self-help" systems out there, but I have found it relatively easy to implement and understand. (Useful ways of carrying it off: the "Hipster PDA" as presented by Merlin Mann and OmniFocus, an iOS and macOS application.)
• Philosophize This!: A podcast that addresses wide-ranging philosophic thinkers and topics. Available on your podcatcher of choice.
• The New Thinkery: A political philosophy podcast that has interviews with various scholars on their research and episodes which are discussions of particular works by political philosophers. Available on your podcatcher of choice.