Chemical killer
Surgical abortions have slowed, but pills and chemicals are reaching more homes—and killing more babies
Top 40 books
The best titles proclaiming or applying a biblical worldview in a hostile 20th century
Ducking the "A" word
Gore says he will take a forthright stand on the issue of "choice," so why the euphemisms to avoid saying abortion?
Pay your own way
New legislation would protect schools from paying plaintiff's lawyers in church-state cases
Running on religion
Can the government meet our spiritual needs?
Notebook
Culture
Books
Sometimes, hope sells
"Hope is never out of fashion," says Jan Karon, author of the highly popular Mitford books (At Home in Mitford, A Light in the Window, These High Green Hills, Out to Canaan, and A New Song). To a ...
Books
Fighting the demons
Doubt not Frank Peretti's courage. There is nothing writers fear so much as their next book. So it was an act of bravery when Mr. Peretti told WORLD in TK 1998, "I don't know if I'll ever become t...
Books
Bigtime Christian fiction
John Grisham is one of America's biggest selling authors, specializing in thrillers about the legal profession, but he is also a Christian, a Southern Baptist, and a Sunday school teacher. Now he ...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
He's cool again. Universal Pictures' Brian Glazer, on Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Together with director Ron Howard, Mr. Glazer is planning a film biography of the soft-core pornographer. ...
The Buzz
Making books obsolete?
Half of America is online It's official: The Internet is now mass market. A Nielsen survey reports that the number of people over 16 years old in the United States and Canada using the Internet...
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
News & Reviews
Kosovo: American forces come under fire A messy peace On June 23, U.S. forces fell under attack in Kosovo for the second time in a week. About 30 Marines manning a checkpoint in the village ...