A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Thinking outside the 5-sided box
Reformers are trying to transform a Defense Department that wastes billions and may not be prepared for future security threats.
A whole new world
Bush to stress Cuba, arms-control with Russia
Fire with fire
Tired of delaying tactics over presidential nominees, Republicans decide they'll stand in the way of a Democratic cause: campaign-finance enforcement
Castro's chemicals
Forget the charm offensive, the evidence is plentiful that Cuba has been heavily involved in making bioweapons
Voices
Mailbag
Covered I love WORLD, but I found your cover illustration of "Osama bin Ashcroft" to be extremely offensive. To put a great Christian man like John Ashcroft anywhere near a murderer and ter...
Joel Belz
Claim it-or concede it
"Would to God!" moaned the aging professor. Then he pressed his palms to the white hair at his temples and groaned even more passionately to the small crowd: "Would to God that it were so!" ...
Janie B. Cheaney
In between
Everyone who travels can tell at least one nightmare travel story: "A funny thing happened to me on the way to..." But frustrating convergences of delays, close or missed calls, deprivations, and ...
Marvin Olasky
Summer's coming
It's strange, in one sense, that Memorial Day should signal the traditional beginning of summer. Memorializing the dead seems a wintry task that might feature treeless branches and a severe cold t...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
QuickTakes
Cloning cruelty All cloned animals have genetic and physical defects, reports the London Times' Jonathan Leake. Arthritis, excessive growth, extreme obesity, and heart defects are just some...
Quotables
Quotables
They're making the same dire predictions for this bill that they made in '95 and '96. House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), on liberal concerns about strengthening of work requirement...
In Brief
In Brief
World Cup is half-empty America is famous for soccer moms, but not soccer fans. This national ambivalence means this year's World Cup gets scant attention. The world's most popular sports e...