A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Every law counts
On the 35th day of recounts the Supreme Court closed the door.
Wells: 'The mind of the beholder'
"The he majority's decision cannot withstand the scrutiny which will certainly immediately follow under the United States Constitution. ...
Supreme Court: 'Constitutional problems'
"The Supreme Court of Florida has said that the legislature intended the State's electors to 'participate fully in the federal electoral...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Philistines of the left
When conservatives are shocked by a work of art-especially tax-funded art that is pornographic, blasphemous, or just gross-liberals make fun of them as censors, prudes, and philistines. Art, they ...
Culture
Bestsellers
Scoring system:10 points for first place down to 1 for 10th on The New York Times list (4,000 bookstores, plus wholesalers), the American Booksell...
Culture
The Movies
1 How the Grinch stole Christmas $18.5 million 4 weeks in release $195.5 m...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
I promised my parents I'd do it. I promised myself I'd do it. Pro basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, on receiving a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University. Mr. O'Neal, who left LS...
The Buzz
The Buzz
Federal appeals panel rejects Cleveland's school choice program Courting a reversal The rough road traveled by Cleveland voucher-school families just got rougher. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court ...
The Buzz
No Comment Zone
America's toughest outdoor smoking restriction is coming to Montgomery County, Maryland. People who smoke or toss away a cigarette in public in Friendship Heights Village will have to pay a $100 f...
The Buzz
Faces
Houston-area residents without a car can go to church in style with Carol and Bob Luthe of Lakewood Church. As part of their newly formed "Luthe Limousine Ministries," each Sunday the couple rents...