JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune The Rev. David Jeremiah has written a book exploring 10 “prophetic clues” he says point to the coming of the end of the world.

The pages of failed end-of-the-world prophecies could make up a whole new testament. Now there's the Rev. David Jeremiah, an East County mega-pastor and TV evangelist who says the end is coming, in the words of a familiar church song, “soon and very soon.”

A friend of mine sent me an e-mail last week. Cathy wrote: “I don't pass along most of the group-type messages I get, but this one is really powerful and important.” The message contained historical pictures of women, women who had done something amazing. They had dared to demand the right to vote.

With the nation in the throes of an economic crisis and a high-stakes presidential election a month away, the salad bar at Carlsbad's Four Seasons Resort Aviara was one of the best places to get the inside scoop this week.

Last week, we asked who won the inaugural presidential debate held Friday night in Mississippi. Your choice was overwhelming. Take a look.

Since 1940, the outcome of the Scholastic Election Poll has mirrored what has happened in the general election (excluding 1948, when students chose Thomas E. Dewey over Harry S. Truman, and 1960, when they picked Richard M. Nixon over John F. Kennedy).