A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Welcome to the 'human family'
Erudite pro-lifer's long intellectual struggle results in President Bush's signature on a new law protecting the survivors of abortion
Friends like these
It may be an ally-for now-but a real friend doesn't act this way
Top News
The Top 5 news stories as measured by coverage in The Washington Post, USA Today, and NBC Nightly News over a one-week period from July 31 to Aug. 6
Voices
Mailbag
Shocked, shocked So Enron, WorldCom, and Xerox have been covering over their losses ("How do you account for this?" July 20). The media and the politicians are outraged by such a breach of ...
Joel Belz
Taking out the trash
Not more than a mile straight east of New York's LaGuardia Airport is another major municipal facility-remarkably modern in concept-that nonetheless symbolizes much of the frustration of society t...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Death in the city
YOU WON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY on the one-year anniversary of Sept. 11. I've been reading all the wrong books to be able to come up with a sensible, balanced, and measured opinion. If I...
Marvin Olasky
Such sensitive writers
IF THE NEW YORK TIMES INSISTS THAT CHRISTIANS should demur to Muslim sensitivities (see page 40), at least it should be consistent in its protection of religion. Let's just pretend that an artist ...
Culture
Movies & TV
Idol smashing
For decades, the myth of relativism-that what is true for you may not be true for me-has paralyzed Americans' intelligence, ethics, and religion. Lately, though, events seem to be conspirin...
Notable CDs
Best albums
7 weeks on chart STYLE Electronica, acid house, modern disco-what Ecstasy addicts are said to enjoy dancing to all night. OBJECTIONABLE MATERIAL None. WORLDVIEW "There must be...
Notable Books
Best-Selling Books
PLOT Susie Salmon, 14, is murdered. From "heaven" she watches the effects of her murder on family and friends. GIST Heaven in this novel has no God, but is a place where what you want, you ...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Spending like drunken politicians Congress has never been able to stay on a fiscal diet, but lately the binge has been especially bad. The launch of the new Homeland Security Department is ...
Quotables
Quotables
When people ... blow themselves up, and the religious leaders of this religion say nothing, something's wrong here. Evangelist Franklin Graham, on Fox's Hannity & Colmes, asked whether ...
In Brief
In Brief
Pledge hedge That Pledge of Allegiance case is back in federal appeals court in San Francisco. Sandra Banning, the mother of the 8-year-old girl whose atheist father filed the lawsuit chall...