A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
WMD: Weapons Must've Disappeared?
Like the mythical World War II G.I.
WINNING THE WAR, LOSING THE DEBATE
In an exclusive WORLD interview, the longest-serving UN weapons inspector for Iraq, ROLF EKEUS, blames himself for caving in to international pressure and letting Saddam off the hook, blames Bill Clinton for making it harder to keep an eye on WMD develop
Lieutenant vs. lieutenant
With the general out of the race, November's election is shaping up as a contest between a couple of lieutenants-and military service could be one of the defining issues of the campaign.
Massachusetts battle a prelude to wider war
"GAY MARRIAGE": Lawmakers get a preview of the political firestorm to come
... Now a word from our viewers
TELEVISION: Anger over Super Bowl sleaze is leading not only to plans for stiffer broadcast fines; cable may soon lose immunity
Voices
Janie B. Cheaney
Passion's pilgrim
ONE OF THE JOYS OF THIS MADDENING AND beautiful life God gives us is the people we meet. At a book event a few years ago, I met a fellow author who lives in Australia. That's interesting in itself...
Marvin Olasky
Western culture
IF LIKELY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE JOHN KERRY BEATS President Bush in November, it may be because Americans don't watch 1950s Westerns any more. Liberals could agree with that statement and say, "Hurrah...
Joel Belz
Passion deficit
IF GEORGE W. BUSH HAS A POLITICAL PROBLEM IN this election year, it's that the people who hate him exhibit so much more passion than those who love him. That may be more an appearance than a reali...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Give my the old-time hockey, hold the malaise
Sports movies have pretty much the same plot. A group of individuals comes together, working through various conflicts and obstacles to become a team. The climax of the movie is "the big game," wh...
Culture
Heavenly reading
WHEN WE READ WORKS BY AND ABOUT THE great Christians of the past, we have to be struck by how they yearned for eternal life in heaven. Today's Christians still believe in heaven, but it has faded ...
Culture
Youth supervision
Although they market to adolescents, adults run the music industry, and the industry insiders in the Recording Academy have tended lately to favor adult tastes in handing out Grammy awards. Thus, ...
Dispatches
The Buzz
The Buzz
IRAQ ATTACKS American soldiers in Baghdad came their closest yet to losing top brass. Gen. John Abizaid, commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East, and Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack, com...
The Buzz
Blogwatch
Buzz from online journals, including www.worldmagblog.com Gifts that keep giving The political campaign is chugging along, so it was fun to see Hugh Hewitt (hughhewitt.com) nail Demo...
The Buzz
Quotables
"I had no conflict of interest because I wasn't interested in money." Joe Trippi, former campaign manager for Howard Dean, on the $7.2 million that the Dean campaign paid to his consulting ...
The Buzz
Mailbag
Alien racism In considering the possibility of intelligent life existing on some other remote planet, the most compelling argument against such a possibility is that Jesus Christ holds an e...
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Crude awakening Liela LeTourneau of Longview, Texas, wasn't as happy as most people who strike oil, perhaps because it really was that oil struck her. The Reuters news service reports that ...