A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
CONSIDERING THE HEAVENS
God created the universe, a fact that gives space exploration profound theological implications.
Education
Return to spender States have not touched some $5.8 billion in federal education funds available since 2000, and another $84 mill...
A secretary scorned
POLITICS: Fired Treasury chief Paul O'Neill fires back with a tell-all book
Border clash
IMMIGRATION: What President Bush calls a "basic fact" of economics-our need for immigrants -is running up against a basic fact of politics: A broad coalition of liberals and conservatives doesn't want them here
Voices
Mailbag
Bloody Yanks Rather than raise concern over whether homosexuals would be allowed ever to donate blood, why not worry that if the Red Cross takes its standards to their logical conclusion, e...
Joel Belz
As others see us
A FRIEND POINTED OUT THE IRONY TO ME AGAIN this past week: Just at a time when the United States is again and again portrayed internationally as a repugnant and self-centered force in world events...
Janie B. Cheaney
The great Desired
BRITNEY SPEARS'S RECENT RECORD-BREAKING marriage and annulment stirred up a storm of comment, including protest by homosexual advocates: How can this society legalize a joke marriage because it to...
Marvin Olasky
Quiet heroism
TWO WEEKS AGO I BEGAN A SERIES ON THE nature of Christian cultural and political heroism in the 21st century, and emphasized the importance of determined perseverance over the spectacular moment o...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Chasing license
Pop star and actress Mandy Moore won legions of fans with a wholesome image that is at least a cut above the low standard set by the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. She further cem...
Culture
Joan's God shows up in prime time
Joan of Arc was a late-medieval teenager to whom God supposedly spoke, directing her into the conflict between England and France. Joan of Arcadia is a 21st-century TV teenager to whom God talks, ...
Culture
Bush league
THE DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING AS FAST AS THEY can to the edge of a cliff. The presidential candidates are becoming so extreme in their hostility to the values of most Americans and to the demands of c...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Charter miscommunication Timothy Dumouchel doesn't want his MTV, or any other cable channel for that matter. The Wisconsinite is threatening to sue Charter Communications because, he says, ...
Quotables
Quotables
I always wanted to be the first woman to carry out a martyr attack. Palestinian suicide bomber Reem Raiyshi, a 22-year-old mother of two, in a Hamas video she recorded before an attack last...
The Buzz
The Buzz
Middle East Istish-haad (heroic martyrdom) was the term used repeatedly on Palestinian radio after Reem Raiyshi, a 22-year-old mother of two, blew herself up and killed four Israeli soldiers on Ja...
The Buzz
Platonic proposal?
PRESIDENT BUSH IS proposing a "Healthy Marriage Initiative" that will devote $1.5 billion to promote marriage. The money will be used for projects such as advertising campaigns to push the value o...