A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Voices
Mailbag
Candidly I want to commend you on your handling of the James Dobson/Ralph Reed misunderstanding ("Coushatta chronicle," "Tough questions," March 4). I heard Dr. Dobson's broadcast-and his f...
Joel Belz
Right thinking
I've said before in this space that not much spoils my editorial day more than a letter or e-mail accusing WORLD of being nothing other than a right-wing conservative rag. To the extent that we co...
Country music's culture war
Last year's American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, has a record out that has been dominating the country music charts for weeks: "Jesus, Take the Wheel." It tells the story of a young woman's des...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Mac attack
Are you ready for an uplifting story about gambling interests and large sums of money passing quietly from corporate types to Christian types? I am. That cocktail is usually combustible, as in the...
Marvin Olasky
Lighten up
As long-time readers of this column know, I do much of my reading on the treadmill. Average content keeps me going for half an hour, but I recently picked up a book that had me walking for 12 hour...
Notebook
Money
Healthy, wealthy, and wise
You know, there was a period of time when seniors had to choose between rent and prescription drugs," said President Bush during a March 14 panel discussion in Canandaigua, N.Y., about the new Med...
Medicine
Threat from above
Members of the president's cabinet know where, how, and from whom H5N1 bird flu is most likely to enter the United States. The question now is when. On March 20, outgoing Interior Secretary...
Culture
Movies & TV
The Unit
The recently canceled Over There was a lugubrious military drama about how terrible it is that our boys have to fight, what a horrible toll it puts on families, and how war is hell. But now we hav...
Notable CDs
Bestselling CDs
STYLE Dreary, late-night romantic ennui. CAUTIONS One casual curse ("Hate"). WORLDVIEW "When I lay me down, / will you still be around? / When they put me six feet underground, / wil...
Movies & TV
V for Vendetta
In Alan Moore's graphic novel, V for Vendetta, the Guy Fawkes--masked protagonist is introduced in a section titled, "The Villain." In the big-screen adaptation of Mr. Moore's work, no such moral ...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Tapped out A Kristiansund, Norway, woman made a startling discovery when she turned on her faucet to clean some silverware. Instead of water coming from the tap, it was beer. It turns out h...
Quotables
Quotables
"It was simply assumed that there would be housing for these folks. It was a huge disconnect." Tom Hlavacek, former Milwaukee Mental Health Task Force chairman, on the 30th anniversary of t...
The Buzz
The Buzz
IRAQ For five straight days President George Bush delivered speeches across the country defending the war in Iraq. "I cannot look mothers and dads in the eye, I can't ask this good Marine to go in...
The Buzz Sidebar
Out of the mainstream
The third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq brought out the usual suspects to critique the war and the president. The "MSM"-mainstream media-also came under criticism for reporting only the viol...