Exposing Five Dangerous Lies in McCain's Big Speech

AlterNet

Election 2008: McCain's falsehoods on health care, oil companies, trade, taxes and worker training were egregious and covered up his pro-corporate positions.

Breeding Envy: Do You Need to be a Millionaire to Have Kids?

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee

Many parents are consumed by an ever-increasing list of things they should be but aren't buying for their kids.

Hospitals' Lessons From Hurricane Gustav

Sheri Fink, ProPublica

Health and Wellness: The pre-storm medical evacuation -- the largest in American history -- revealed some critical flaws in American hospitals.

Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction

Stan Cox, AlterNet

Environment: 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

David Corn, MotherJones.com

Election 2008: 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

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

Karen Dolan, AlterNet

Sex and Relationships: 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

Amy Goodman, Truthdig

Rights and Liberties: Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy.

Palin Pick Is GOP Hypocrisy at its Best

Laura Flanders, AlterNet

Election 2008: 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.

Palin's Speech Tactic: Substitute Cultural Symbols for Actual Policies

Robert Kuttner, AlterNet

Election 2008: In this strategy, every Democratic misstep is inflated into a cultural parable, while gaping holes in the Republican story are neatly sidestepped.

Palin Fails by Her Own Standards

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Election 2008: Palin went on attack Wednesday night, deriding Democrats, mischaracterizing Obama and insulting Americans, who she must think won't know any better.

A Swarm of Lobbyists Would Run McCain's White House

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown

Election 2008: McCain has already assembled his clique of advisors, and they don't have our best interests in mind.

Readers Write: What the Palin Pick Means for America

Tana Ganeva, Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet

AlterNet readers weigh in on McCain's pick of Gov. Sarah Palin, the many skeletons in her closet, and what it all means for the country.

Palin's Speech Tactic: Substitute Cultural Symbols for Actual Policies

Robert Kuttner, AlterNet

Election 2008: In this strategy, every Democratic misstep is inflated into a cultural parable, while gaping holes in the Republican story are neatly sidestepped.

The Bush Administration Checkmated in Georgia

Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com

ForeignPolicy: The recent fighting in the Caucasus is part of a bigger struggle between Moscow and Washington over the energy riches of the Caspian Sea basin.

Palin: The Latest GOP Distraction the Dems Shouldn't Buy

Bob Herbert, The New York Times

Election 2008: Sarah Palin may look like an easy target, but the Democrats should be cautious of how far they push.

Earning Less and Dying Younger: How the Growing Strain on America's Middle Class Is Pummeling Our Health

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat

Health and Wellness: Last year was a weak financial time for working families, and a new report shows it reflected in our health.

The VA Continues to Abandon Returning Vets

Joshua Kors, The Nation

War on Iraq: "Supporting the troops" only applies until they actually come home from war.

If We Want Good Health Care from Obama, We Better Push Him to Change His Plan

Chris Hedges, Truthdig

Election 2008: Barack Obama's health care plan coddles the corporations that profit from the misery and illnesses of tens of millions of Americans.

8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin

Isaac Fitzgerald, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet

Election 2008: More skeletons come out of Palin's closet.

Palin Has Chosen to Exploit Her Own Daughter's Pregnancy

Bonnie Fuller, Huffington Post

Election 2008: If Palin succeeds in "normalizing" her daughter's pregnancy, will other teen girls look at this and say what is the problem with having a baby?

Palin Helps Alaska Get Rich Off Oil While the Rest of the Country Suffers

Robert Scheer, Truthdig

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?

As Unlawful Arrests Continue, St. Paul Feels Like a City Under Siege for Some Residents

Liliana Segura, AlterNet

Rights and Liberties: "It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here."

Republicans Wrap McCain in the Flag and Run Away from Bush

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Election 2008: The GOP trots out Dem backstabber Joe Lieberman for a keynote at their lackluster convention.

A Peek Inside Obama's Formidable Ground Campaign

Susannah Vila, AlterNet

Election 2008: A visit to a Camp Obama training session reveals a focus on using volunteers to talk about issues with potential voters.

Keeping the Psychedelic Dream Alive: An Interview with Rick Doblin

Arran Frood, New Scientist

DrugReporter: Doblin: "I awoke to psychedelics' value just as the law was shutting them down. It was very painful -- like having something snatched away."

Top Ten Most Disturbing Facts and Impressions of Sarah Palin

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet

Election 2008: It's not hard to stir up negative publicity when you advocate gunning down wolves from airplanes and deny the human causes of climate change.

Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested at RNC

Democracy Now!

Rights and Liberties: Goodman has been charged with obstruction; felony riot charges are pending against producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar.

Sarah Palin's Big, Sleazy Safari

John Dolan, AlterNet

Election 2008: For most of us, zooming around in an airplane to shoot wolves sounds insane. For Sarah Palin, it's a "safari."

Poll-Watch: Obama Gets Biggest Bounce Since '96 Convention; Firms Up Support Among Clinton Voters; Voters Divided on Palin Pick

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet

Election 2008: Obama appears to have done what he needed to during Dem convention.

Unions Create Their Own MoveOn

David Moberg, The Nation

Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Meet Working America: a 2.5 million online member organization created by the AFL-CIO with a working-class base and a strategy to win.

Digital TV: A Giveaway to Corporate Media

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report

Media and Technology: The FCC hopes the public won't notice its generous gift to corporate broadcasters: thousands of new channels on publicly owned spectrum.

What If Your Tap Water Is Not Safe to Drink?

Elizabeth Royte, Huffington Post

Water: In the U.S., 89.3 percent of tap water is deemed safe, but what if you're one of the 29 million people whose water missed the mark?

Universal Health Coverage Is No Silver Bullet

Niko Karvounis, Health Beat

Health and Wellness: The key to smoothly running, affordable health care is changing medical treatments and procedures.