A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Night Terrors
Westerners hear many stories about, and see many pictures of, the horror Kosovar Albanians are suffering.
A new kind of bus stop
Cultural hostility to Christian speech may have reached its most absurd extreme: A Seattle bus driver, unhappy with two passengers' conversation about God, booted them.
Nurses for life
Frontline medical professionals are turning against abortion, but survey shows increased polarization
"Genetic terminations"
For some nurses in Canada, pro-choice means no choice
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Unwiring the culture
Science fiction theology The Matrix (Warner Bros.; rated R for virtual reality violence) may be the toniest sci-movie ever made. It debuted at No. 1, grossed $44.6 million in its first full wee...
Culture
Hornblower's return
The Modern Library's list of the century's top 100 novels does not include anything by C.S. Forester (1899-1966). Academic critics tend to look down their noses at reading for mere entertainment, ...
Culture
Disney dumps Dogma
and Gene Edward Veith - The latest anti-religion movie- written and directed by someone who identifies himself as a professing, churchgoing Christian-has proven too much even for Disney. Dogma is ...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
I don't think we exploit people. Tabloid TV talk-show host Jenny Jones, in testimony in the trial of a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against The Jenny Jones Show and its producer, Warn...
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
News & Reviews
suicide doctor sentenced to 10 to 25 years Inmate Kevorkian The legal system has called Dr. Death's bluff. "No one, sir, is above the law. No one. You had the audacity to go on national tele...