A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Clinton On The Brink
Monica Lewinsky is the talk of the pols and the press in Washington, but out in the country, the "who-cares" factor is settling in-providing what one Christian leader calls "a shocking view of the moral bankruptcy of America."
Donna Rice Hughes: A prayer for Monica
By January 20, Monica Lewinsky's world was in a shambles. Her picture was in every newspaper, her name on every morning show. Millions o...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Culture Notes
Surely the media aren't biased Television networks that pride themselves on pushing the envelope on controversial issues drew the line at Mother Teresa. Each of the major networks-ABC, CBS,...
Culture
Queen of cyberspace
The web of scandal Is Monica Lewinsky catching up with Princess Di and Pamela Lee in the race for Queen of Cyberspace? After all, the Net is the best breeding ground for political thought on the e...
Music
Music: Records of our time
Not every album that sold well in 1997 repays close listening or tells us anything important about ourselves. But some big sellers tell us more. The following is a rundown of four that do. Chumbaw...
Books
Books: The doomed artist
"Tell me why must you live all those songs that you wrote," sang country and western bad boy Hank Williams Jr., in "Family Tradition." And not withouta certain measure of gravitas. He had royally ...
Movies & TV
Film: Lowered expectations
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with updating a classic. After all, part of what makes a classic a classic is its timelessness. That's why the recent film Romeo and Juliet, transported to mode...
Dispatches
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
This Week
Less is Mir Mir Aimal Kasi, who murdered two CIA employees outside the agency's headquarters five years ago, was sentenced to death by a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge last week. Hours ...
Quotables
Quotables
I have bad eyes. Singer JAMES BROWN, 64, explaining to The Chronicle of Augusta, Ga., his medicinal use of a "little tiny bit" of marijuana. He was arrested last week and charged with marij...