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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With policies on poultry inoculation, vaccine production, and pricing in flux, fighting bird flu is a matter of planning, not panic
As debate mounts over an FBI raid on a legislator's office, some legal scholars question President Bush's unprecedented intervention
Amid a string of disasters and growing fear of Allah's judgment, Christian ministries are extending mercy
Hurricane-ravaged communities this year won't discount the value of making their own disaster plan
Their needs there The photo on your May 13 cover ("Darfur") was compelling. It is encouraging to see the world taking note of Darfur, the culmination of a crisis that the Sudanese have endu...
Most stories-whether written or onscreen-are about a character who faces conflicts. Today another kind of story is in vogue: The character-and with him the reader or viewer-has to solve a puzzle. ...
I can't believe," someone told me last week at a conference on Christian worldview thinking, "that you really believe God has an opinion on issues like foreign trade." "Certainly," my frien...
Jeremiah 45, shortest chapter in the book, is a little aside from the Lord to Baruch. My Bible commentary calls it a "word of encouragement." I see it as a trip to the woodshed. I take it personal...
Thousands of Southern Baptist leaders assemble in North Carolina next week for the denomination's annual meeting. They plan to discuss and vote on a bunch of resolutions, including one particularl...
Sports
If you ask 47-year-old Denver resident Douglas Stone, Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer is an out-of-control manic who threatened another man who inconvenienced him on the roadway. Not surpr...
Money
It's difficult to know whether, or how much, to applaud a pension-reform plan unveiled late last month by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. On the one hand, it contains the single most imp...
Religion
As usual for this time of year, the anti-religion lobbies were active in their efforts to keep God and prayer out of high-school graduation ceremonies. They weren't always successful, certainly no...
Notable CDs
STYLE Rambunctious traditional folk songs. WORLDVIEW "Street-corner music, parlor music, tavern music, wilderness music, circus music, church music, gutter music, it was all there waiting i...
Movies & TV
Somehow, though communism itself is now, as Ronald Reagan predicted, on the "ash heap of history," the myth of communist revolutionary Che Guevara survives. His image, ubiquitous on college campus...
Movies & TV
Most new films open on Fridays, but The Omen has the rare distinction of opening on a Tuesday. Why? Because this particular Tuesday happens to be June 6, 2006. As in, 6-6-06. Clever. Other ...
Quick Takes
Tailgate party Note to driver: Perhaps tailgating a fuel tanker isn't the best thing to do when you're hauling a trailer stuffed with 18,000 pounds of contraband fireworks. "It would have d...
Quotables
"For the sheer terror of it-the worst thing you can do to people is aim at their children." Washington, D.C., sniper John Allen Muhammad's response, according to testimony by accomplice Lee...
The Buzz
AFGHANISTAN It's a war zone. But that didn't stop Afghanistan's parliament from calling for the prosecution of U.S. military personnel involved in a road crash that killed five Afghan civilians an...