A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations
In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness
Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?
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Rethink, reach out I have been a supporter of a big wall to keep everyone who is not born here out of this country and to ship off all illegal immigrants. This was perhaps because of my fea...
Regular readers of this column are no longer surprised to find me blasting away at the public, state-sponsored educational establishment. I don't think that either in theory or in practice, though...
High gas prices put everyone in a bad mood. It was a big enough hit to the family budget when a gallon of gasoline passed the $2 mark. Only a few months later, that gallon can cost $3. This has ma...
Let me guess: Ten years ago, you never expected to be where you are today. If you could have looked down the corridors of time and seen yourself with a thoughtless husband and screaming kids and a...
Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations." That's how Psalm 90 begins, and it notes later on, "The length of our days is 70 years-or 80, if we have the strength." Psalm 90 ...
Sports
Golfer John Daly sees his ruin from afar. In a candid admission in his autobiography, Mr. Daly says he lost between $50 million and $60 million to a gambling habit that spun out of control over a ...
Money
The American Dream is mostly just a popular fantasy, according to a provocative study published late last month by the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP). The study found that very few poo...
Notable CDs
STYLE Spacey, eerily calm progressive rock in the tradition of Dark Side of the Moon, the best-known album by Mr. Gilmour's famous "day job" band, Pink Floyd. WORLDVIEW "So break the bread ...
Movies & TV
United 93, director Paul Greengrass' docudrama account of the one hijacked flight on Sept. 11, 2001, that did not reach its target, begins and ends with prayer. As the film opens, four Muslim terr...
Movies & TV
Lots of movies show poor minority kids who develop character and find success in sports. Akeelah and the Bee is like a sports movie, complete with an inspiring coach, but it celebrates brains rath...
Quick Takes
Display on ice A restaurant in Italy got slapped with an $855 fine for putting lobster on an iced display to entice patrons to buy the crustaceans. Authorities in the northeast town of Vice...
The Buzz
TERRORISM U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema sent Zacarias Moussaoui to prison for life May 4, for his role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Prosecutors had hoped the alleged "20th hijacker" would be execut...
The Buzz Sidebar
Presidents are not above the law, and the legal travails of Presidents Clinton and Nixon prove that on a bipartisan basis. But are newspapers elevated above the ordinary duties of a citizen...
Quotables
"$95.2 million" The selling price last week for Pablo Picasso's "Dora Maar au chat"-according to the auction house Sotheby's. The winning bid, which came from an anonymous buyer, was the se...