A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Bye-bye, Miss American pie
As liberal cultural forces tug at the historic Miss America contest, some beauty queens say many pageants prefer that contestants abstain from having abstinence platforms
Evolutionary changes?
Last year, national Miss America Organization (MAO) executives, led by CEO Robert Beck, dropped a bombshell on their state counterparts ...
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Whose mind needs opening?
Has Christianity suddenly become intellectually respectable in the eyes of the secular world? It would seem so from the cover story of the October Atlantic Monthly, "The Opening of the Evangelical...
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The Movies
1 Remember the Titans $21.2 million 1 week in release $21.2 million to dat...
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The Music
1 Maroon Barenaked Ladies 1 week on chart ...
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Quotables
We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech. Kathleen Dixon, director of the Women's Studies Department at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, on the university's decision to...
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The Buzz
California law allows state to police thought Thinking tanked Thinking thoughts that don't align with state-approved orthodoxy is now dangerous in California schools. Golden State Governor G...
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Ups & Downs of the Week
Benefits for homosexuals: The Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual group, reports that over 20 percent of Fortune 500 companies now offer health insurance coverage to the domestic partners of homos...
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No Comment Zone
Rape suspects may soon have to take an HIV test if their accuser demands one. The House last week passed a bill requiring the tests, inspired by new drugs that may block infection if taken soon en...