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Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction
By Stan Cox, AlterNet
As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck, they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.

McCain Uses His Big Speech to Give Us a Tour of His Vietnamese Prison Cell
By David Corn, MotherJones.com
Number of sentences in John McCain's RNC speech about being a POW in Vietnam: 43. Number about his 25 years in the House and Senate: 8.

GOP's Plan for Palin: Reignite the Culture Wars
By Jay Rosen, Huffington Post
Republicans will try to spin Palin's shortcoming into strengths, by revving up the culture wars.

How My 7-Year-Old Learned About Pre-Marital Sex from John McCain
By Karen Dolan, AlterNet
I wholly believe in educating my child about contraception. But given that he is 7, I could have waited a few years for that particular talk.

Amy Goodman: Why We Were Falsely Arrested
By Amy Goodman, Truthdig
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy.

Palin Pick Is GOP Hypocrisy at its Best
By Laura Flanders, AlterNet
Will the media test her on substance or let her play "Ms. Congeniality?" It is up to the public to see through the fact-free diet we're being fed.

Sarah Palin May Be a Pit Bull in Lipstick, but She's No Populist
By Jim Hightower
Mary Ellen Lease would be ashamed.

Republican National Convention: Whitest in Forty Years
By Blue Texan
As America diversifies, the GOP goes against the grain.

Jack Abramoff is Going to Jail
By Amanda
Abramoff will see prison time.

Unbelievable: How Much Do You Think Cindy McCain's RNC Outfit Cost?
By Liza Sabater
Whatever you're guessing, you should probably be guessing higher.

Talk About Bad Planning: McCain to Speak Tonight, the Start of Football Season
By Steven Reynolds
McCain has got some big time competition tonight on the TV dial. Talk about bad planning.

Giuliani and Palin Use Racist Dog Whistle in Speeches
By Melissa McEwan
Treating 'activist' like a dirty word is bad, using it to invoke racism is much, much worse.

Steelworkers President Slams Palin: 'Stop Using Your Husband's Membership in the USW as a Prop'
By Ali
The head of the United Steelworkers union (USW) isn't pleased.

Jon Stewart Thrashes Rove, O'Reilly For Palin Hypocrisy
By Staff
How do you spell 'double standard?'

The GOP Thinks Organizing in Your Community is Worthless
By Christy Hardin Smith
Republicans mocked some of the hardest workers in America last night.

Palin's Idea of Foreign Policy Experience: Airport Diplomacy
By General JC Christian
A layover does not constitute experience, Governor.

Robert Scheer: Palin Helps Alaska Get Rich Off Oil While the Rest of the Country Suffers
We're all part of one nation. So why do the people of Alaska get a cut of oil company profits when the rest of us don't?

Jim Hightower: A Swarm of Lobbyists Would Run McCain's White House
McCain has already assembled his clique of advisors, and they don't have our best interests in mind.

David Sirota: The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional
This year's Democratic convention may have helped forge a new progressive movement.

Mark Weisbrot: Bolivia: Can the Majority of People Vote for Change and Actually Get It?
A wealthy minority in Bolivia seems determined to thwart the changes demanded by a majority of the population.

The Masher: Jumping Jack Rachel Maddow
An exuberant Maddow called for a stronger progressive media to counter the right-wing propaganda machine.

Deb Price: Gay Colorado Politician Heads Toward Election Milestone
The success, so far, of Jared Polis' run for Congress underscores how far voters have come in looking beyond sexual orientation.

Norman Solomon: The Clash Between Progressives and Obama
Support for Obama should not require a lack of candor about his defects.

Amy Goodman: Amy Goodman: Why We Were Falsely Arrested
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy.