Absolutely not! You will find a number of our users that avoid talking about politics and news like the plague. The news is certainly a good starting place (you can find news articles off the beaten path on our News [1] page), but you are certainly not limited to blogging about it.

In fact, we encourage you to blog about things that matter to you. We have users that blog about personal experiences with religion, diseases, and even financial aid problems they face with their school. None of these necessarily come from the news, and none necessarily have to do with politics. Blog about what matters to you. If that's politics, great! If it's avoiding politics like a plague, that's great too!