A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
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Culture
Culture
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Beloved by liberals Toni Morrison is on top of the world. Her novel Beloved dominated the best-seller lists for years and now is on the big screen with Oprah Winfrey at the helm (Touchstone Pic...
Culture
All the president's videos
It's not as though the entertainment industry didn't try to warn audiences ahead of time of their beloved president's predilections-filmed in their best light, of course. A quick tour of the local...
Culture
Morality, prosperity
To hear one of liberalism's most gifted writers tell it, today's cultural conservatives are at war with Reaganism; they are not even real conservatives. They are more interested in morality than t...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
One should call an adulterous liar exactly what he is-a criminal. Shane Sellers, a 20-year veteran of the Marines, in a Navy Times column. Maj. Sellers is one of a growing number of militar...
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This Week
World in brief The fox and the hedgehog Negotiators for unity and peace in Northern Ireland John Hume and David Trimble will be the recipients of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Fellow la...