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
Vigilant to vote The 2004 election was less controversial than the 2000 election only because the popular vote and the Electoral College numbers were not so close ("Early & often," Nov....
Joel Belz
Ownership in education?
President Bush's appointment of Margaret Spellings of Texas as his new secretary of education is not an unmitigated disappointment. But it is a disappointment. For those of us who believe t...
Are Americans stupid?
How can 59,054,087 people be so dumb?" That was the headline in the British tabloid Daily Mirror announcing the reelection of President Bush. American liberals are asking the same question, conclu...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Simple faith
There were about five minutes of new widowhood when I grasped that I was now in a special demographic where eyes would be on me watching to see God glorified in my circumstances. There was the bli...
Marvin Olasky
Perseverance of the Jets
THE MEADOWLANDS, N.J.-Over left guard for 6 yards. Past the right end for 8 yards. Over left guard for no gain. Over left guard for 8 yards. Those were the first-quarter achievements of New York J...
Notebook
Sports
Basket-brawl
There was enough blame to spread around following the shocking riot between fans and Indiana Pacers players during a game in Detroit. On television, where highlight programs showed replays of Ron ...
Religion
Troubling trend
A new study of church growth among the 42,000-plus churches in the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, found 70 percent of them have "plateaued" or are decli...
Culture
Video
Luther
The movie Luther, which saw limited release last year and was a surprise hit in secularized Germany, is out on video and DVD. Most notable in this vivid re-creation of Reformation history i...
Notable CDs
Noteworthy CDs
1. HYMNS - Beth Nielsen Chapman Style: Mostly a cappella, mostly Latin pre-Vatican II Catholic hymns. Worldview: "These are the songs of my childhood and spiritual roots. They center...
Movies & TV
Christmas with the Kranks
Christmas with the Kranks is a black hole where a movie is supposed to be. That statement may sound Scrooge-worthy, especially considering that this adaptation of the short John Grisham novel Skip...
Movies & TV
National Treasure
Jerry Bruckheimer films appeal to the most juvenile of impulses in moviegoers. Rarely, however, are they actually suited for young audiences. That changes with National Treasure. The film f...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Death wish A Hindu seer almost incited a riot by failing to die on Nov. 17. The AFP news service reports that the chief cleric of Sriguru Ashram in eastern India had predicted that his soul...
The Buzz
The Buzz
WASHINGTON Fresh off a 20-point reelection victory, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) promised some hard questions in the confirmation hearings of Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice, the wo...
The Buzz Sidebar
License not to kill
In July 2002, an Alaska court forced a community hospital to provide elective late-term abortions-against the hospital's pro-life policy, and against the community's sentiments. This year, New Mex...