A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Do we love the rascal?
The president's much-touted job approval ratings mask a deep public ambivalence: While voters register disgust with Clinton the man, they say they are pleased with Clinton the president.
Victims of a Hustler
Sometimes citizens have a duty to listen to dirt about their politicians, but Flynt can make no such claim
Claim to shame
As the Senate trial proceeds, the case of Andrew Johnson proves that history is the ultimate jury
Next, embryo farms?
Government moves ahead with funding controversial stem cell research, despite congressional ban
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Wandering in the desert
As The Prince of Egypt begins its exodus from the movie theaters, it is time to assess its impact. Although its box-office numbers were decent-staying in the top 10 since before Christmas-it was n...
Culture
You are what you eat
The food police Are you ready for the fat tax? Just when you thought it was safe to grab a Big Mac, here come The Food & Drink Police(Transaction). That's the title of an iconoclastic book ...
Books
Books: The poetry of science
An Irish politician once said of socialism, "I agree with everything about it except its first principles." And that's exactly what can be said of Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the...
Dispatches
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
This Week
Pope and president The pope was received in North America like a rock star and surrounded by cheering fans from Azteca Stadium in Mexico to the Trans World Dome in St. Louis. At a St. Louis...
Quotables
Quotables
We were highly into the principle of not eating our friends. Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney in an interview with the animal-rights magazine The Animals' Agenda on why he and his late wife were ve...