A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Keeping count
In a calamity of biblical proportions, numbers are one way to impose order.
Lessons from Turkey
Can a colossal earthquake in Turkey's industrial heartland hold lessons for posh California? A team of American scientists and Californi...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
An idea falls out of orbit
Planet bankruptcy It's hip, it's hot, and it's bankrupt. Planet Hollywood International, the chain of gaudy theme restaurants backed by Sylvester Stallone and other movie stars, announced it wa...
Culture
Reviews: Charmed, I'm sure
Forget the Blair Witch. What's truly horrifying is the hottest teen fad these days, witchcraft. As the poised, well-dressed witches of The WB's hit series Charmed tell a friend, "Welcome to our li...
Culture
Reinventing yourself
Garth Brooks has sold 95 million albums, singlehandedly turning country music into a mass market and eclipsing Elvis himself in number of records sold. But he is not yet bigger than the Beatles. S...
Music
Music: Beach Boys revisited
The latest recordings by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Northern Light, Elliot Easton, and members of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEB...
Dispatches
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
News & Reviews
Judge kills voucher plan, but schools & parents vow: We'll work things out Johnnietta McGrady used vouchers to enroll her two children in St. Thomas Aquinas School, away from the chaos o...
Quotables
Quotables
I do not want to be expelled from school for using the word God in a reverent manner. 16-year-old Stephanie Vega, a Texas public-school student selected by her classmates to lead prayers be...