A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Then everybody dies
A god-friendly movie Hot on the heels of The Truman Show, Jim Carrey is back in another movie with religious overtones. This time he is Joe, the narrator of Simon Birch (rated PG for language, ...
Books
Books: Redemptive fiction
Christian author John L. Moore sets his fifth novel in the Montana of his imagined not-too distant future, where severe plagues and earthquakes have depopulated the West (hence the many empty hous...
Books
Books: Postmodern children
After reading education expert David Elkind's new book, Reinventing Childhood, it dawned on me that I simply don't have a reinvented child. Even though mine is only two, he must be the old model. ...
Culture
Monarchists at heart
In England, Princess Diana in death is receiving mass adoration. Thousands flock to her shrines. Miracles are even being ascribed to her. Harper's Bazaar editor Liz Tilberis is ascribing the remis...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
Who can you trust if you can't trust your vicar? Church of England member Louise Talbot on vicar Roy Hibbert, who last week was orderedjailed for nine months for overcharging parishioners f...
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
This Week
Signed, sealed, delivered Breakfast at the White House on Sept. 9 didn't go well. Like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar, President Clinton reiterated over and over to Democrat...