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Spying on the Future (Middle East Online) Thanks to the best brains in the many agencies that make up the US Intelligence Community or IC, it's been possible for me to venture into the future, just as our own world is being shaken to its roots, says Tom Engelhardt . us.rd.yahoo.com
The Almanac -- weekly (Moldova.org) Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2008 with 79 to follow.This is Columbus Day in the United States.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn and Mercury. The evening stars are Mars, Venus, Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus.Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include American Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher in 1754; actress Lillie Langtry in 1853; actor ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Harper makes another subtle pitch for a majority (CTV Winnipeg) Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said that another minority Parliament would be disastrous for the economy, yet another subtle pitch to Canadians to hand his party a majority government. us.rd.yahoo.com
The New President And The Global Landscape (Immigration Portal) It has often been said that presidential elections are all about the economy. That just isn’t true. Harry Truman’s election was all about Korea. John Kennedy’s election focused on missiles, Cuba and Berlin. Lyndon Johnson’s and Richard Nixon’s elections were heavily about Vietnam. us.rd.yahoo.com
Georgianne Nienaber: Wall of Silence Surrounds Campaigns as Africa Suffers (HuffingtonPost) Make no mistake about it, there is a violent resource war happening in Congo and a great wall of silence has been erected around it. us.rd.yahoo.com
Georgianne Nienaber: Candidates Silent On Resource War In Congo (HuffingtonPost) Neither John McCain nor Barack Obama has addressed this great humanitarian breakdown in Congo, except in the context of political squabbling. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Tax Attack, Tried and True (Washington Post) The Fix | Rooted in decades of GOP strategy, McCain aims to cast Obama and Democrats as advocates of big government funded by huge tax hikes. us.rd.yahoo.com
Introducing the Campaign Timeline (Washington Post) When did Hillary Rodham Clinton make her driver's licenses for illegal immigrants gaffe again? How long ago did John McCain start his attempts to limit the influence of outside cash in political campaigns? Want to relive Barack Obama's keynote address... us.rd.yahoo.com
McCain Reverts to Tax Attack (Washington Post) In politics, the more things change the more they stay the same. With less than seven weeks remaining before the November presidential election, John McCain is turning to a tried and true tactic: attacking Barack Obama as a serial tax... us.rd.yahoo.com
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