A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Is McCain able?
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is a war hero, respected third-term U.S.
Notebook
Culture
Culture
The APA does it again
First the journal of the American Psychological Association printed an article that maintained children are not harmed by having sex with adults (see WORLD, April 10). Since the implication was th...
Culture
Cultural commodities
Hitchcock centennial Alfred Hitchcock's 100th birthday is this month, and his place of honor with movie buffs has never been greater. Hitchcock, who died in 1980, remains the great master of su...
Music
Music: Black gospel's richness
Given that black Christianity in America is often presented as something narrowly political instead of something eternally rich, any media event that closes the gap, so to speak, is welcome. It's ...
Books
Books: Well-written bigotry
Barbara Kingsolver's novel about missionaries in Africa sat on the bestseller top-10 lists for months this year, and for good reason. Her style is elegant, her scenes are realistic, the characters...
Dispatches
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
News & Reviews
Scholars credit abortion for lower crime rates Eugenics: 1990s style Killing children ahead of time may reduce the need for more prisons. Or so say researchers from Stanford University and t...
Quotables
Quotables
You realize there's a universe out there when something like this comes along to remind you. British bureaucrat Dennis Coombs, marveling at the total solar eclipse widely visible in Europe ...