A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
THE UGLY TRUTH
Exsanguination or draining of blood?
Lies and statistics
AD WATCH: Presidential campaigns push their economic messages, as interest groups seek to undermine Bush's 9/11 leadership
Anniversary fireworks
IRAQ: The White House stands by its June 30 plan to hand over sovereignty to Iraqis.
Building a democracy: a decade after apartheid
SPECIAL REPORT: South Africa celebrates 10 years of freedom and equal rights.
Voices
Joel Belz
Status seekers
FEROCIOUS THOUGH THE BATTLE OVER homosexual marriage may be-all the way from Massachusetts and New York to California and Oregon-no one should pretend that the marriage issue is the only one on th...
Andrée Seu Peterson
All those in favor, say 'nay'
HAKUNA MATATA,' WHAT A WONDERFUL PHRASE. 'Hakuna Matata,' ain't no passing craze. It means no worries for the rest of your days. It's our problem-free philosophy. 'Hakuna Matata'" (The Lion King)....
Marvin Olasky
Rocky road
THE FOUR GOOD ROCKY MOVIES (SKIP ROCKY V, please) had a common plot element. Out of low or high self-esteem, the boxer isn't doing what he is called to do: train hard and have the "eye of ...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Sympathy for a devil
A story that deals with spiritual issues can go about it in several ways: (1) Show the spiritual realm as all good, as in sentimental ecumenism and New Age spirituality. (2) Show the spiritual rea...
Culture
Home run
Disney's new animated feature, Home on the Range, may also be its last. Disney is reportedly moving away from traditional, 2D animation to focus on 3D computer-animated features, and Home on the R...
Culture
Miller time
When some notorious sinner suddenly becomes a Christian, he is often pushed into some "ministry" that the new believer really cannot handle. The same may be true of the born-again conserva...
Culture
Best-selling Books
1. The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren Content Warren takes his useful and well-known advice to churches and targets it to individuals. Gist In 40 short chapters, meant to be ...
Culture
Sick unto death?
AMERICA IS IN AN AGE OF TERRORISM. AS WE HAVE had to face up to the shock of people trying to kill us out of sheer principle, the date that first comes to mind is Sept. 11, 2001. But there is anot...
Dispatches
The Buzz
The Buzz
Abortion The first major White House bill signing of the year was the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, a new law granting federal protection to an unborn child harmed during an assault on his mothe...
The Buzz
Quick Takes
Nine lives, four ears A German kitten with four ears is "not a freak" and "not a mutant," insists Tessy Loedermann, head of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen animal shelter. &q...
The Buzz
Quotables
"Wait a minute, is this man leading this country as an American or is he leading the country as a Christian?" Actress Whoopi Goldberg on President Bush. Ms. Goldberg told The New Yo...
The Buzz
Mailbag
Placing a call As an art major at a state university, I was so excited to read "What is art?" (March 20) by Gene Edward Veith. My greatest concern is that believing art students are...