A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Voices
The Editors
Mailbag
True love votes Bob Jones reports yet again that evangelicals and social conservatives may sit out the election because in their minds no one is paying attention to their concerns ("GOP's e...
Joel Belz
Water log
I was all ready in this space this week-until some wise people stopped me-to tell you how you almost didn't get last week's issue of WORLD. I was out of the state when it happened, but I wa...
Forging ahead
The ham-handed forgery of memos by someone trying to defeat President Bush is both hilarious and shocking. Only someone whose memory does not extend back to the days before personal computing woul...
John Piper
Horror and hope
As the world reeled from the horrific death in Beslan, Russia, some Christians struggled with the correct response. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, told a BBC interviewer that the ca...
Marvin Olasky
Pivotal moments
The Family, Kitty Kelley's Bush-bashing book published on Sept. 14, seems on its way to best-sellerdom despite some of the most implausible accusations since Dan Rather announced that poor forgeri...
Notebook
Sports
Actual malice
Fan interaction doesn't just mean a pre-game autograph anymore. It can mean a drunken spectator who jumps onto the field to pummel a base coach. Or, as in the case of Texas Rangers reliever Frank ...
Technology
Traveling tube
Mobile phones will soon work as mobile TVs. That's the dream of Motorola, Nokia, and other manufacturers, who joined forces to create a broadcast standard for wireless handsets. The Mobile ...
Culture
Movies & TV
Father of the Pride
"Mom, Dad, there's this new show on TV about a family of lions, and it's like a cartoon, only it's computerized, just like Shrek. Can I see it?" The answer had better be no. Father o...
Video
The Three Musketeers
Disney is still producing decent entertainment for kids-it's just not necessarily found among the company's high-profile releases. While the studio has abandoned its commitment to bring traditiona...
Notable CDs
Best-selling CDs
1. LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING - Tim McGraw Weeks on the chart 1 Style Commercially flawless contemporary country. Objectionable material "Everybody Hates Me" (for those who obje...
Movies & TV
Cellular
Cellular's script is ridiculously full of plot holes, inconsistencies, and outright nonsense. Example: Even if you've never visited Los Angeles International Airport, doesn't common sense suggest ...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Canada's heroes In the United States, we have a monument for Americans who died in Vietnam. In Canada, organizers are preparing a monument for Americans who evaded the Vietnam-era draft by ...
Quotables
Quotables
"Memos on Bush Are Fake but Accurate, Typist Says." Headline in the Sept. 15 New York Times on the scandal involving apparently forged memos about President Bush's service in the National G...
The Buzz
The Buzz
CAMPAIGN Presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry vied for the favor of National Guardsmen meeting at their annual convention in Las Vegas. A place at the podium became a must-have fo...
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Blogging in
The word blog is still sometimes greeted by uncomprehending stares, but that's changing as writers of internet blogs (short for "web logs") have shown their importance once again by demonstrating ...