Truthdig: Doug Henwood on Robert Kuttner's "The Squandering of America"

With God on their side

The Guardian's Gary Younge is in the most Republican county in South Carolina looking at the role of religion in the election. He finds out devout Christians have already decided who they're going to vote for.

DailyKos: Visionary Al Gore had it right in 1998: 21st Century Green Transport. Imagine the last seven years under an Al Gore presidency.

Nir Rosen: Al Qaeda in Lebanon: the Iraq War Spreads

Iranian gunboats and a timeline of How the Pentagon Planted a False Story By Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service