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
Bury the idea It wasn't just that Arafat wanted to be buried in Jerusalem; he wanted to be interred on the site of the Temple Mount ("The Middle East's new day," Nov. 20). The religious aut...
Joel Belz
Expanded vision
If you were to spend one morning next week visiting the editorial offices of the Amsterdam News in New York City, and then the next morning the offices of WORLD magazine in Asheville, N.C., you wo...
Outing a fraud
When Alfred Kinsey's books The Sexual Behavior of the Human Male (1948) and The Sexual Behavior of the Human Female (1953) came out, they were a cultural bombshell. Was it really true that ...
Andrée Seu Peterson
The dance
I have known for years that there was something countercultural going on in that mysterious building wedged between the library and community pool, but would never have darkened the door had Heidi...
Marvin Olasky
Hard Times
Imagine a bottom-line oriented New York Times executive pacing the sidelines at his son's soccer game last month. Walking with him was a Times editor whose son also played. "She's on the wa...
Notebook
Technology
Big Blue yonder
IBM is slipping away from a market it invented, backing away from the PC and embracing outsourcing and other business services. It marks a significant moment in tech history, as innovation moves b...
Religion
Attack ad
Leaders of the shrinking 1.3-million-member United Church of Christ want gays to know they are welcome in UCC churches. So, they produced a 30-second TV ad to make their point. The ad depic...
Business
Jobs machine
Despite lower-than-expected job growth in November, the fact that employers continued to add jobs leads most economists to believe that total employment will continue its upward ascent in the comi...
Culture
Movies & TV
House
Fans of British comedy know Hugh Laurie as the perfect Bertie Wooster in BBC's dramatizations of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves, and as the sublimely idiotic Prince of Wales in Blackadder. Now he ...
Notable CDs
Bestselling CDs
1. GREATEST HITS - Shania Twain Weeks on chart: 2 Style: A scintillating blend of hook-rife country and big-beat pop. Objectionable material: "Honey, I'm Home" (one casual curse, one ...
Movies & TV
Enduring Love
In Enduring Love, talented British director Roger Michell sets forth a film full of beautifully composed images and some demanding explorations into the nature of love-but one hampered by a steady...
Movies & TV
Sideways
If you haven't yet heard of Sideways, you probably will soon. Although a small, independent release, it's receiving glowing reviews and will soon pop up on year-end 10-best lists. Don't bel...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Low-speed chase Second place for world's dumbest criminal (see "Dopey call") may go to Steven Coleman of Dover, N.H. Police say Mr. Coleman on Dec. 4 threw two Molotov cocktails at his ex-g...
Quotables
Quotables
"Irreparable in the immediate future." Chandra Johnson, assistant to the president of the University of Notre Dame, on the damage done to the University's reputation after it fired football...
The Buzz
The Buzz
WHITE HOUSE President Bush solidified his second-term cabinet just over a month before Inauguration Day. Six cabinet members confirmed they will remain, notably Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld a...