A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
At deaths door
It is no accident that the eyes of the world were on Texas in February when Karla Faye Tucker received capital punishment.
With friends like this
Operation Rescue leaders square off against Jerry Falwell, accusing his university bookstore of purveying porn.
Brittania rules again
British Prime Minister Blair calls abortion a personal matter, but members of his government are laboring to export into Ireland and Scotland a liberalized abortion law
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Culture war contenders
President in the iron Mask Randall Wallace, the writer of Braveheart, debuts as a director with The Man in the Iron Mask (rated PG-13). Mr. Wallace adds a heaping dose of culture-warring herois...
Culture
Ethnic conservatives
The Sierra Club is polling its half-a-million members on whether their environmental activism should include reducing the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. In what is being call...
Books
Books: Spinning the president
How do you solve a problem like Bill Clinton? White House spokesman Mike McCurry and fellow handlers must figure that out every day. Now there's an inside-the-Beltway book called Spin Cycle that t...
Movies & TV
TV: The PBS Jesus seminar
PBS is observing the Easter season with hours of theological toxin aimed directly at orthodox Christianity. Frontline, the long-running PBS documentary film series, will kick off Holy Week with tw...
Dispatches
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
This Week
Retro revival With Titanic, an old-fashioned, Gone With the Wind-style blockbuster claiming a record-tying 11 Oscars, this year's Academy Awards had a distinctly retro feel. Oscar was celeb...
Quotables
Quotables
I believe God puts us in positions. He put me in two with Kentucky. One we won. One we lost. I thank God for putting me there. Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski on his team's...