A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Voices
Andrée Seu Peterson
'Worth a Mass'
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SO MANY OF OUR politicians are so religious? Newspapers give the impression of office incumbents and seekers tripping over themselves to get to the Communion rail, only to b...
Marvin Olasky
Desert miracle
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?" NOW THAT THE film Miracle is out on video, many more will hear announcer Al Michaels's famous question as the U.S. hockey team upset the heavily favored Soviets in 198...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Big Mac attack
Morgan Spurlock spends a month proving that it's possible to pickle one's liver on Big Macs in a new documentary now in theaters. In Super Size Me (unrated; contains some bad language, disturbing ...
Culture
BEST-SELLING CDS
1. HERE FOR THE PARTY Gretchen Wilson 1 week on chart Style Something-for-everyone country-by numbers. Objectionable material "Redneck Woman" and the titl...
Culture
Golding's anniversary
A CLASSIC, ACCORDING TO THE CRITIC'S RULE OF thumb, is a work that is still read and still relevant after 50 years. By that standard, William Golding's novel The Lord of the Flies, published in 19...
Culture
Too colorful
Shrek 2 is more entertaining than its predecessor, and-as children's entertainment-almost as troubling. The sequel to the phenomenally successful 2001 hit features even more impressive computer an...
Culture
Playing Puritan
Even PBS now has reality shows. For our ancestors, daily life was a combination of Survivor and Fear Factor, with the winners just surviving for another day. Could denizens of the 21st century man...
Dispatches
The Buzz
Blog Watch
Shifting standards Blogs have been taking down a notch two former Middle East hopes and one news service. The Iraqi police raid on Ahmed Chalabi's home has led to speculation that one of Mr...
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Quotables
"He must have disliked something." Muzammil Siddiqi, religious director of the Islamic Society of Orange County, on his experience with Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an al-Qaeda suspect named by the ...
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Mailbag
Horror picture I write this letter while gazing at your May 8 cover ("All the rage"), showing a picture of a woman that I can only feel sorry for. Her goal is to be a doctor, judging by her...
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The Buzz
Iraq war President George W. Bush on May 24 became the first sitting president since George Washington to visit the historic Carlisle Barracks, now home to the Army War College, delivering a speec...
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Quick Takes
Barking barrister A Manhattan state Supreme Court judge has fined an attorney $8,500 for, among other things, barking like a dog. According to a decision released last month, lawyer David F...