The gospel according to Pete
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks often of his religion—but he tailors it to fit his politics, and it focuses on works over faith
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Culturally impaired
Even though the culture kept slouching towards Gomorrah, Christians actually exerted some influence on the culture (and vice versa). Here are some cultural milestones of 1997: Information t...
Culture
Some hope
Gramophone magazine annually lists its choices of the top recordings of the year. The list is based on the British magazine's survey of critically acclaimed releases over the past 12 months. This ...
Books
Beltway Books: What Christians read
Max Lucado's book The Great House of God will likely end the year as the top-selling Christian book of 1997 (though the Christian Booksellers Association won't release final figures until early 19...
Books
Books: The 10 best
Oliver Wendell Holmes once advised his daughter, "It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times." That is wise counsel I have always tried to heed. This year at one time...
Dispatches
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
This Week
Parental supervision? The alleged mastermind behind the Satanic-inspired shootings at a rural Mississippi high school went free on Tuesday after a judge allowed him to post a $75,000 bond. ...
Quotables
Quotables
We've already got a 2-cent tax on hamburgers. I'd have told them to try to find some private investors. Anti-tax activist JOHN McCALEB of Little Rock, Ark., on the proposed penny-per-hambur...