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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Slate political writer Will Saletan about what's new in the presidential campaign with regard to Iran, the economy and Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry's military service.

NPR's Noah Adams talks with NPR's Alex Chadwick about the second of Adams' three-part series of conversations with colorful motorists he meets during a road trip across the United States. Adams introduces listeners to a truck driver who has almost one million miles on his tractor-trailer rig, and a puppy named Ginger at his side.

Should the right to vote in local elections be extended to immigrants who are not citizens of the United States? Some cities across the country are proposing such a move. NPR's Tony Cox talks about the issue with Mark Silverman of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco and Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C.

U.S. authorities say the 348-foot vessel is owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that the town council of Great Falls, S.C., will appeal a recent federal court ruling banning members from mentioning Jesus Christ during council meeting prayers.

The Web site uglydress.com maintains a visual record of ugly bridesmaids' gowns. NPR's Renee Montagne reports.

The latest novel by Ward Just, An Unfinished Season, is set in 1950s suburban Chicago and its hero is a copy boy working for a tabloid newspaper in the city. Just talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the book and how he came to write fiction after a successful career in journalism.

William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, offers his reactions to the Sept. 11 commission report, and discusses with NPR's Scott Simon whether there is the political will in Washington in an election year to act upon the report's recommendations.

Political conventions aren't what they used to be. Floor fights over platforms and nominees have given way to "unified, happy affairs." NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts reviews the history of some of the most contentious conventions.

Immigrant communities in Los Angeles and Southern California are arguably the most diverse places in the country. The different groups sometimes live in ethnic enclaves and don't mix. But Alex Cohen member station KQED visits a small sliver of L.A. County that can accurately be described as a melting pot, an ethnic stew like no other.