Watch and wait
Election night could provide a quick White House winner, or a flood of mail-in ballots and social division could delay results for weeks
Voices
Mailbag
'Twas the season Well before Thanksgiving I was dismayed at the thought of the approaching Christmas season. It is hard to boil down all the customs and end up with any essence of Christ. I...
Joel Belz
One-sided silence
Pro-lifers who are cheering the likely confirmation of Samuel Alito as the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court might be advised to think about backing off to what we have sometimes called one...
Textbook case
Intelligent Design took a hit when a federal court in Dover, Pa., banned it from being taught in the state's public schools. Now Darwinian activists are targeting the Ohio school system for includ...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Desert experiences
My cousin Linda, a successful dieter, once told me the secret: "You have to like the feeling of your stomach grumbling." She was exactly right. If she were a Christian, she might have directed me ...
Marvin Olasky
Books with flava
In my Father's house there are many mansions, and one of them may belong to Mykel Mitchell, the author of Word: For Everybody Who Thought Christianity Was for Suckas (New American Library, 2005). ...
Notebook
Sports
Alexander the great
At least one thing about Seattle running back Shaun Alexander is certain: For the 60 minutes in between the whistles, he's just about the best thing going. In 2004, he rushed for 1,696 yards-one y...
Medicine
Cloning's Piltdown man
A 9-month-old Afghan hound named Snuppy can now claim more than just the title "World's First Cloned Dog." An investigation into the research of his engineer, South Korea's Hwang Woo-Suk, revealed...
Culture
Movies & TV
In Justice
We already have TV shows about detectives putting people into prison. Now we have a show about detectives getting people out of prison. In Justice (ABC, Fridays, 9:00 p.m. ET) is about a fictional...
Notable CDs
Notable CDs
CATEGORY Best Rock Album. WORLDVIEW That loving reality (relatives, old guitars, Elvis) beats following dreams, as dreams are sometimes nightmares and usually illusory. OVERALL QUALI...
Movies & TV
Hoodwinked
Hoodwinked, despite some surface similarities, is no Shrek, and that's at least part of the reason why it is one of the most delightful surprises of the new year. Rated PG for some mild act...
Movies & TV
Glory Road
There's a reason that clichés are clichés, particularly in the language of film. In short, they often work. It's the screenwriter's way of going to the well, and that's not always a bad thing. ...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Kiss of death Some world records just aren't worth it. Case in point: One Malaysian is planning to set a world record by kissing a venomous snake 50 times in 10 minutes. At a press conferen...
Quotables
Quotables
"74" The number of abortions in New York City for every 100 babies born there in 2004, according to a report by the City's Department of Health. The statistic, according to the New York Dai...
The Buzz
The Buzz
SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court on Jan. 18 ruled unanimously that district and appeals courts erred in their "wholesale" invalidation of New Hampshire's parental notification law. Abortion opponen...
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Reality TV
The new season of Fox's smash hit 24 opened with two-hour specials on Jan. 15 and 16. The ratings were very high, with 15.5 million to 17 million viewers watching the first show in the United Stat...